Editing Goal setting (section)

=== Online learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) ===
{{See also|Massive open online course}}
Goal-setting activities including the setting of both performance and learning goals have been associated with both increased performance and completion rates for MOOC participants. Students who completed a goal setting writing activity at the start of a course achieved more over a longer period of time than those who did not set goals.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Kun|last2=Johnsen|first2=Justin|last3=Canelas|first3=Dorian A.|title=Persistence, performance, and goal setting in massive open online courses|url=https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjet.13068|journal=British Journal of Educational Technology|year=2021|volume=52|issue=3|pages=1215–1229|language=en|doi=10.1111/bjet.13068|s2cid=233636341|issn=1467-8535|url-access=subscription}}</ref> For online learning more generally, students who have a better understanding of the tasks set better more detailed goals and in turn achieve higher performance suggesting that instructional time spent explaining learning tasks can be beneficial.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Beckman|first1=Karley|last2=Apps|first2=Tiffani|last3=Bennett|first3=Sue|last4=Dalgarno|first4=Barney|last5=Kennedy|first5=Gregor|last6=Lockyer|first6=Lori|date=2021-04-03|title=Self-regulation in open-ended online assignment tasks: the importance of initial task interpretation and goal setting|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1654450|journal=Studies in Higher Education|volume=46|issue=4|pages=821–835|doi=10.1080/03075079.2019.1654450|s2cid=202255323|issn=0307-5079|url-access=subscription}}</ref>