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Ortega Arranz, Alejandro Er, Erkan Martínez Monés, Alejandra Bote Lorenzo, Miguel Luis Asensio Pérez, Juan Ignacio Muñoz Cristobal, Juan Alberto 2019-10-17T11:14:46Z 2019-10-17T11:14:46Z 2019 Universal Access in the Information Society, 2019, Issue 3 1615-5289 http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/38628 10.1007/s10209-019-00677-8 533 3 549 Universal Access in the Information Society 18 1615-5297 Producción Científica Despite the advantages of MOOCs, such as the open and free access to education, these courses are criticized for students’ lack of motivation and their high dropout rates. Gamification is a technique used to increase student motivation and engagement in small-scale educational contexts. However, the effects of gamification on student engagement have been scarcely explored in MOOC environments, and the findings so far are inconsistent. To address this gap, this research work examines the students’ behavior toward earning badges and how it relates to their engagement in a gamified MOOC. According to the results, the behaviors toward badges of the active students were generally positive and significantly correlated with other variables measuring their engagement (e.g., pageviews, submitted tasks, forum posts), although this positive behavior seems to decrease throughout the course. Additionally, students that reported high motivation by badges at the end of the course showed a higher engagement level than those that were not appealed by badges. European Regional Development Fund, under project grants TIN2014-53199-C3-2-R and TIN2017-85179-C3-2-R Junta de Castilla y León (programa de apoyo a proyectos de investigación - Ref. Project VA082U16 and VA257P18) European Commission, under project grant 588438-EPP-1-2017-1-EL-EPPKA2-KA. application/pdf eng Springer Verlag info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © 2019 Springer Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Gamification MOOC Understanding student behavior and perceptions toward earning badges in a gamified MOOC info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/understanding-student-behavior-and-perceptions-toward-earning-ba/16971112 SI