?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.212451&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Learner+engagement+in+a+collectivistic+culture%3A+A+study+of+massive+open+online+courses+(MOOCs)+in+Thailand&rft.creator=Yamo%2C+Pittaya&rft.subject=MOOCs&rft.subject=learner+engagement&rft.subject=cultural+engagement&rft.subject=online+learning&rft.subject=non-western+culture&rft.subject=seniority&rft.subject=Buddhism&rft.description=This+study+examines+MOOC+learning+environment+situated+within+the+Thai+cultural+context+and+Thai+cultural+dimensions+(Hofstede%2C+1997).+The+study+draws+on+connectivist+theory+to+conduct+a+qualitative+study+to+investigate+the+four+dimensions+of+learner+engagement%3A+behavioural%2C+cognitive%2C+emotional%2C+and+social+engagement+in+online+MOOC+learning.+Data+were+collected+from+three+selected+Thai+MOOCs+through+semi-structured+interviews+with+three+instructors+and+30+students.+Results+indicate+that+while+instructors+excluded+themselves+from+cultural+engagement+within+the+online+learning+environment%2C+learners+were+considered+objects+to+adapt+to+institutional+culture+and+cultural+engagement+was+a+mere+additive+to+the+pedagogy.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F212451%2F1%2FPittaya_Yamo_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.212451&rft.relation=Yamo%2C+Pittaya+(2021)+Learner+engagement+in+a+collectivistic+culture%3A+A+study+of+massive+open+online+courses+(MOOCs)+in+Thailand.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F212451%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Creative+Industries%2C+Education+%26+Social+Justice%3B+School+of+Early+Childhood+%26+Inclusive+Education