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ABSTRACT
This research proposes a theoretical research model that integrates personality traits (namely, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion) with motivation (whether external, in terms of third party enforcement, or internal, in terms of self-motivation) in explaining the variance in the Intention to Continue using Massive Open Online Courses (ICM), i.e., MOOCs. Having analyzed a sample of 136 students in Spain using Partial Least Squares (PLS) path analysis, we found that internal motivation plays a significant full mediating role in the effects of personality on ICM for all traits except extraversion. Extraversion is externally motivated, but no evidence was found to support direct or indirect effects on the ICM. None of the above personality traits was found to have any significant direct impact on the ICM. Internal, but not external motivation, was found to influence the ICM significantly. This model explains 49% of the variation in such intention. The implications for employers seeking maximum profit for employees enrolled in MOOCs are highlighted.
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Hend Alabdullatif
Hend Alabdullatif is a Ph.D. student at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, who is at the writing up stage of her Ph.D.studies. She took an MSc in Computer Science at Texas Southern University in Huston, USA. Before starting her doctoral thesis, she was a senior consultant in teaching technologies.
J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide
J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide A professor with Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, a leader of laboratory (LITE), a senior member of IEEE, ACM and Computer and Education and a Vice- Chairman of the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (ADIE). His research areas include programming, education, and software visualization.