Theoretical Framework: Motivational And Effective Theory: Theoretical Framework

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2 Theoretical Framework: Motivational and incentive theory The purpose of this section is to review what has been published on the topic of students’ motivation and the impact of the motivational factors that are more relevant in the context of Massive Open Online Courses past. In the first part, this section focuses on previous research and theories about the topic of human motivation and how it is represented in the contexts of education and work environment. Consequently, a review of previous research was made in regards to the main findings from online educational platforms and MOOCs. The last part of this chapter addresses the specific issue of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and how these affects users’ motivation in Massive Open …show more content…

It appears when people’s behaviour is guided by external reasons. Such behavious are performed to satisfy an external demand or obtain an externally imposed reward contingency (Deci & Ryan, 2000)
Introjection regualtion is a more internalized form of extrinsic motivation. This type of motivation appears when people behaviour is guided by the the feeling of pressure to avoid guilt or to attain pride.
Identification, is more a form of autonomus for of extrinisic motivation. It appears when the person has identified with the personal importance of the a behaviour and has therefore accepted its regulation as his own and her own (Ryan & Deci, 2000).
Lastly, integrated regulation is the most is the most internalized form of extrinsic motivation. Integration take place when identified regulations have been fully grasped to the self. The more one internalizes the reasons for an action and assimiliates them to the self, the more one’s extrinsically motivated actions become self-determined (Ryan & Deci, 2000). This form of motivation is the closest to the intrinsic motivation. However, it is still considered an extrinsic form of motivation because behavior driven by integrated regulation “is done for its presumed instrumental value with respect to some outcome” (Ryan & Deci,

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