This is actually an interesting result, if it can be replicated. According to this study, "The findings provide support for hypotheses... that positive motivation leads to positive engagement behaviours in learners, which eventually promote a higher level of inclination to complete MOOCs." OK, no surprise there. But while "negative motivation leads to negative engagement behaviours in learners," "the relationship between negative engagement behaviours and inclination to complete MOOCs was not statistically significant." The authors still think MOOC designers should design to avoid negative motivation (which would result in things like failure-avoidance and self sabotage), but it's interesting to see that the factors related to positive motivation have a much greater impact.
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