Social Presence Antecedents and Consequences in Massive Open Online Courses

A massive open online course (MOOC) is an emerging online courses platform that solicited a massive participation, because it is accessible through the Internet. Students, who seek open courses in MOOCs, are influenced by the degree of social presence they perceive when interacting in such online learning communities. The online community design artifacts, that promote social presence in MOOCs websites, are critical to foster online students' behavior.