MOOC sentiment networks varied with performance groups and discussion topics
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
How connections among expressed learning sentiments differ by MOOC performance level and discussion topic. Higher-score participants showed stronger engagement–neutral and neutral–frustration connections, fewer frustration links with delight or boredom, and engagement connected broadly across topics; the lower-score group showed a narrower engagement–experience link. Forum expression is not a complete measure of emotion, and performance-group associations cannot establish that a sentiment pattern caused achievement or will transfer across MOOCs.
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