@inbook{ad7367d022f34734a3f3a6d649ca5b0b,
title = "Dropout prediction in MOOCs: A comparison between process and sequence mining",
abstract = "Recently, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have experienced rapid development. However, one of the major issues of online education is the high dropout rates of participants. Many studies have attempted to explore this issue, using quantitative and qualitative methods for student attrition analysis. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies which (1) predict the actual moment of dropout, providing opportunities to enhance MOOCs{\textquoteright} student retention by offering timely interventions; and (2) compare the performance of such predicting algorithms. In this paper, we aim to predict student drop out in MOOCs using process and sequence mining techniques, and provide a comparative analysis of these techniques. We perform a case study based on the data from KU Leuven online course “Trends in e-Psychology”, available on the edX platform. The results reveal, that while process mining is better capable to perform descriptive analysis, sequence mining techniques provide better features for predictive purposes. {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG 2018.",
keywords = "dropout prediction, educational data mining, massive open online course, process mining, sequence classification",
author = "Galina Deeva and {De Smedt}, J. and {De Koninck}, P. and {De Weerdt}, Jochen",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-74030-0_18",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-74029-4",
series = "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "243--255",
editor = "Teniente, {Ernest } and Weidlich, {Matthias }",
booktitle = "Business Process Management Workshops",
address = "United Kingdom",
}