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Previous studies have shown that learners in cMOOCs may have difficulties learning, but these studies do not provide any in-depth, empirical explorations of student difficulties or support strategies. This paper presents a case study on student difficulties and support requirements at the beginning of a cMOOC. Content analysis of messages posted by learners and instructors in four main online course learning spaces including Moodle, blogs, Facebook and Twitter was conducted. Three questions are explored in this paper:  \n(1) What kinds of difficulties do learners encounter at the beginning of a cMOOC?; (2) Which of these difficulties are typical for most learners?; and (3) How are these difficulties responded to and supported in the cMOOC environment? Based on the research results of this study, we provide some reflections on learning support for cMOOCs and a discussion of the research itself in the last part of the paper.  \nResume  \nLes cMOOC, qui s ’appuient sur une théorie pédagogique connectiviste, soulèvent des défis pour les apprenants ainsi que des occasions de questionnement de soi. Des études préalables ont démontré que les apprenants des cMOOC peuvent connaître des difficultésd’apprentissage, mais ces études n ’offrent pas d ’exploration empirique en profondeur des difficultés des élèves ni des stratégies de soutien. Cet article présente une étude de cas sur les difficultés des élèves et les besoins de soutien au début d ’un cMOOC. On a procédé à l ’analyse  \ndu contenu des messages publiés par les apprenants et les instructeurs dans les quatre principaux espaces en ligne pour l ’apprentissage, c ’est-à-dire Moodle, les blogues, Facebook et Twitter. Cet article explore trois questions : (1) Quels types de difficultés rencontrent les apprenants au début d’un cMOOC?; (2) Parmi ces difficultés, lesquelles sont typiques pour la plupart des apprenants?; et (3) Comment réagit-on à ces difficultés et comment y remédie-t-on dans l’environnement du cMOOC? En nous appuyant sur les résultats de recherche de cette étude, nous offrons quelques réflexions sur le soutien pédagogique pour les cMOOC et une discussion sur la recherche elle-même dans la dernière partie de l ’article.  \nIntroduction  \nIn recent years, there has been a significant increase in MOOCs all over the world. MOOCs evolved from Open Education Resources (OER) and have shifted people’s attention from open education resource to open learning. In 2008, the first MOOC, known as a cMOOCand titled “Connectivism and Connective Knowledge,” was provided by George Siemens and Stephen Downes (Yuan & Powell, 2013) . This new kind of asynchronous online learning is“based on the explicit principles of connectivism (autonomy, diversity, openness, and interactivity) and on the activities of aggregation, remixing, repurposing and feeding forward theresources and learning”(Rodriguez, 2012, p.1). Two years later, a Stanford professor, Sebastian Thrun, offered another well-known MOOC called “artificial-intelligence.” This MOOC is built on behaviorist pedagogy (Bates, 2012), and is regarded as xMOOCs. Since then, MOOCs based on behaviorist pedagogy have attracted increasing attention and developed rapidly because of their simple learning model and the many well-known colleges that are course providers.  \nWith t","cbCaifewelGPj4IW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifewelGPj4IW","pdf",975866,26,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## MOOCs and Connectivism Background\n## Criticisms: Quality and Dropout\n## Types of Learner Difficulties and Need for Support","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this case study on cMOOCs?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates what learning difficulties students encounter at the beginning of a cMOOC, which difficulties are most typical, and how those difficulties are addressed and supported in the course environment.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study collect and analyze evidence?\",\"answer\":\"It conducts content analysis of messages posted by learners and instructors in four online course learning spaces: Moodle, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of difficulties are discussed as affecting distance learners and MOOCs participants?\",\"answer\":\"The text highlights cognitive, metacognitive, organizational, affective, and technological difficulties, noting that without timely support these can impair learning and contribute to dropouts.\"}]","A Case Study on Learning Difficulties and Corresponding Supports for Learning in cMOOCs | PDF",1792085831,66]