Table 1

Factors, subitems and loadings

DimensionsStatementsFactor loadings
Teachers' Positive Perception (TPP)MOOCs provides opportunity to learn from world class teachers (TPP1)0.720
It enhances learning interest through video lectures, audio files, etc. (TPP2)0.762
Standardized certification and badges attracted me to enroll to MOOCs (TPP3)0.616
MOOCs replaces traditional teaching model with live video broadcast which identifies evidence of teacher's presence (TPP4)0.681
Sufficient quizzes, MCQ tests, discussion forums and assignments encourages and improves learning involvement (TPP5)0.700
Discussion forums, boards, chat rooms backed by social networking sites builds learning contacts and association (TPP6)0.752
It ensures liveliness through continuous feedback (TPP7)0.702
Visuals, examples used in video lectures and live sessions ensure fast learning and retaining the information for longer time in the mind (TPP8)0.702
Teachers' Negative Perception (TNP)In MOOCs, acquiring customized knowledge is difficult as course designed is standardized (TNP1)0.643
MOOCs in standardized language discourage enrollment (TNP2)0.700
There is no strict accountability during assessment in MOOCs (TNP3)0.666
MOOCs with prerecorded lectures cannot clear doubts in a lively manner (TNP4)0.780
Many MOOC lectures are of long duration which loses the interest of the learners (TNP5)0.755
Many MOOCs are academic certificate oriented and not skill oriented (TNP6)0.796
Deadlines in quiz, tests and assignments along with videos lectures creates stress during learning (TNP7)0.722
There is more scope for cheating during computer graded quizzes and tests (TNP8)0.748
Students' Positive Perception (SPP)MOOC provides opportunity to teach millions of learners at a time (SPP1)0.419
It eases delivery of information through video lectures, audio files, etc. in an attractive manner (SPP2)0.727
MOOCs with live video broadcast creates traditional learning environment (SPP3)0.728
Sufficient quizzes, MCQ tests, discussion forums and assignments encourages and improves learner's involvement (SPP4)0.664
Discussion forums, boards, chat rooms backed by social networking sites builds good teacher-students relationship (SPP5)0.733
MOOCs enable the teachers to understand the diversified learner's expectation (SPP6)0.713
MOOCs make the teachers continuously updated as they face millions of students from diversified environment (SPP7)0.632
Visuals, examples used in video lectures and lives sessions enables teachers to easy convey of knowledge (SPP8)0.162
Students' Negative Perception (SNP)In MOOCs, there is a low teacher-student ratio which creates burden on individual attention towards learners (SNP1)0.764
Designing of MOOCs require more technical skills than traditional skills and many teachers' lack these skills (SNP2)0.753
Designing MOOCs individually is difficult and needs to be funded by authorities (SNP3)0.614
Interdisciplinary effort is essential to develop a MOOC but arrangement is difficult (SNP4)0.543
Developing computer graded questions to assess day-to-day improvement requires more time and effort (SNP5)0.627
There is more scope for cheating in watching videos, attending quizzes and tests (SNP6)0.676
In MOOCs, as there are more learners, peer assessment becomes burden (SNP7)0.699
Prerecorded videos less impact on learning efficiency than live sessions in MOOCs (SNP8)−0.261

Source(s): Compiled by authors

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal