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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Scholarly Article (2020) - Studying Learner Behavior in Online Courses With Free-Certificate Coupons: Results From Two Case Studies

Title:
Studying Learner Behavior in Online Courses With Free-Certificate Coupons: Results From Two Case Studies

Authors:
Joshua Littenberg-Tobias, José A. Ruipérez-Valiente & Justin Reich

Citation:
Littenberg-Tobias, J., Ruipérez-Valiente, J. A., & Reich, J. (2020). Studying Learner Behavior in Online Courses With Free-Certificate Coupons: Results From Two Case Studies. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v20i5.4564

From the abstract:
The relationship between pricing and learning behavior is an important topic in research on massive open online courses (MOOCs). We report on two case studies where cohorts of learners were offered coupons for free certificates to explore how price reductions might influence behavior in MOOC-based online learning settings.