{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4239246616","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262","title":"An analysis of student behavior in two massive open online courses","display_name":"An analysis of student behavior in two massive open online courses","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4239246616","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363608003","display_name":"2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084387776","display_name":"J.P. Schaffer","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154570441","display_name":"University of California, Santa Barbara","ror":"https://ror.org/02t274463","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"James Schaffer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101553927","display_name":"Brandon Huynh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8527-6787"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154570441","display_name":"University of California, Santa Barbara","ror":"https://ror.org/02t274463","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Brandon Huynh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024903844","display_name":"John O\u2019Donovan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-7400"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154570441","display_name":"University of California, Santa Barbara","ror":"https://ror.org/02t274463","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John O'Donovan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028885566","display_name":"Tobias H\u00f6llerer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6240-0291"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154570441","display_name":"University of California, Santa Barbara","ror":"https://ror.org/02t274463","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tobias Hollerer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154570441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052933431","display_name":"Yinglong Xia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-5440"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210114115","display_name":"IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center","ror":"https://ror.org/0265w5591","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yinglong Xia","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111512427","display_name":"Sabrina Lin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210114115","display_name":"IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center","ror":"https://ror.org/0265w5591","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sabrina Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.3866,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87323944,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"380","last_page":"385"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11122","display_name":"Online Learning and Analytics","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11122","display_name":"Online Learning and Analytics","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.963699996471405,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11273","display_name":"Advanced Graph Neural Networks","score":0.9023000001907349,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7149074077606201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/learning-analytics","display_name":"Learning analytics","score":0.7148914933204651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/attrition","display_name":"Attrition","score":0.6613149642944336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dropout","display_name":"Dropout (neural networks)","score":0.6584155559539795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.6048510074615479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/massive-open-online-course","display_name":"Massive open online course","score":0.4952785074710846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-course","display_name":"Online course","score":0.46152463555336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visualization","display_name":"Visualization","score":0.4538217782974243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visual-analytics","display_name":"Visual analytics","score":0.41612130403518677},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-visualization","display_name":"Data visualization","score":0.4132431149482727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/analytics","display_name":"Analytics","score":0.4111219644546509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4047185778617859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3420088291168213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3402256965637207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.3366284966468811},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.1792697012424469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.14382678270339966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.10432997345924377}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7149074077606201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777648619","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845208","display_name":"Learning analytics","level":2,"score":0.7148914933204651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780553607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684868","display_name":"Attrition","level":2,"score":0.6613149642944336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776145597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25339462","display_name":"Dropout (neural networks)","level":2,"score":0.6584155559539795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6048510074615479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777808570","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967853","display_name":"Massive open online course","level":2,"score":0.4952785074710846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986081426","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068473","display_name":"Online course","level":2,"score":0.46152463555336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.4538217782974243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59732488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2528440","display_name":"Visual analytics","level":3,"score":0.41612130403518677},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172367668","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6504956","display_name":"Data visualization","level":3,"score":0.4132431149482727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79158427","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485396","display_name":"Analytics","level":2,"score":0.4111219644546509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4047185778617859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3420088291168213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3402256965637207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.3366284966468811},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.1792697012424469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.14382678270339966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.10432997345924377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199343813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12128","display_name":"Dentistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752262","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363608003","display_name":"2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.8600000143051147}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1562033606","https://openalex.org/W1973398808","https://openalex.org/W2056944867","https://openalex.org/W2137627475","https://openalex.org/W2146826730","https://openalex.org/W2149088085","https://openalex.org/W2168098237","https://openalex.org/W2168105487","https://openalex.org/W2185795254","https://openalex.org/W2574248532","https://openalex.org/W2576592220","https://openalex.org/W2796327958","https://openalex.org/W4213009331","https://openalex.org/W6633604433","https://openalex.org/W6686526031","https://openalex.org/W6731854173","https://openalex.org/W6732729424","https://openalex.org/W6749817499"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2078015389","https://openalex.org/W2148525144","https://openalex.org/W2595222372","https://openalex.org/W2996464640","https://openalex.org/W2128934137","https://openalex.org/W4312934005","https://openalex.org/W2981233016","https://openalex.org/W2562563972","https://openalex.org/W4221098162","https://openalex.org/W3012440071"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Massive":[0],"open":[1],"online":[2,24],"courses":[3,40,55],"(MOOCs)":[4],"have":[5],"high":[6],"potential":[7],"for":[8,85,148],"improving":[9],"education":[10],"worldwide,":[11],"but":[12],"understanding":[13,35],"of":[14,36,51,60,68,87,100,141,153],"student":[15,37,88,142],"behavior":[16,38,80],"and":[17,28,64,110,118,145,151],"situations":[18],"is":[19],"difficult":[20],"to":[21,56,106,125,133],"achieve":[22],"in":[23,72],"settings.":[25],"Network":[26],"analytics":[27],"visualizations":[29,140],"can":[30],"assist":[31],"instructors":[32,150],"with":[33,91,114],"supporting":[34],"as":[39,131],"unfold.":[41],"In":[42],"this":[43,73,111],"work,":[44],"we":[45],"perform":[46],"a":[47,95,104,123],"visual":[48,69],"comparative":[49],"analysis":[50,71],"two":[52],"different":[53],"MOOC":[54,149],"analyze":[57],"the":[58,66],"impacts":[59],"course":[61,92,154],"structure":[62],"differences":[63],"demonstrate":[65],"benefits":[67],"network":[70,143],"context.":[74],"We":[75,136],"present":[76],"several":[77,138],"insights:":[78],"(1)":[79],"features":[81],"that":[82,121],"are":[83],"best":[84],"prediction":[86],"attrition":[89],"varied":[90],"structure,":[93],"(2)":[94],"large":[96],"proportion":[97],"(about":[98],"35%)":[99],"students":[101,120],"never":[102],"received":[103,122],"reply":[105,124],"their":[107,126],"original":[108,127],"post":[109,128,134],"was":[112],"correlated":[113],"an":[115],"eventual":[116],"dropout,":[117],"(3)":[119],"were":[129],"twice":[130],"likely":[132],"again.":[135],"contribute":[137],"information":[139],"data":[144],"draw":[146],"recommendations":[147],"designers":[152],"systems.":[155]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}