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Exploring the Determinants Affecting the Adoption of Social Web Applications Used in Massive Online Open Courses

High dropout rates are one of the major issues of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). Benefits of social Web applications such as active participation in creating, sharing and managing content, simultaneous work on the same artefact, synchronous and asynchronous interaction, and variety of functionalities that stimulate productivity in performing assignments have the potential to boost students’ motivation and thus address the aforementioned issue. Successful implementation of social Web applications in educational settings is largely influenced by their acceptance by students. With an objective to examine the forerunners of adoption in the context of social Web applications commonly used in MOOCs, an empirical study was conducted. Participants in the study were students of one Croatian higher education institution. Data was collected by means of the post-use questionnaire. Results of data analysis uncovered the extent to which evaluated social Web applications differ with respect to determinants of their adoption.

Adoption, Collaboration, Education, Social Web Application, Empirical Study, Post-Use Questionnaire, Wiki, Google Docs, Massive Online Open Courses

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