@article{wiebe_thompson_behrend_2015, title={MOOCs From the Viewpoint of the Learner}, volume={44}, ISSN={0013-189X 1935-102X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0013189X15584774}, DOI={10.3102/0013189x15584774}, abstractNote={This response to Perna et al. provides an alternate approach to research on massive open online courses (MOOCs). We argue that a student-centered, theory-driven conceptualization and methodological approaches allow us to move beyond descriptive statistics and into a deeper understanding of MOOC learners. Examples using a teacher development MOOC are presented.}, number={4}, journal={Educational Researcher}, publisher={American Educational Research Association (AERA)}, author={Wiebe, Eric and Thompson, Isaac and Behrend, Tara}, year={2015}, month={May}, pages={252–254} }