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Metacognition

A critical component of successful learning, which involves self-regulation and self-reflection of the learning process and controls one’s thinking processes (Medina et al., 2017).     

Metacognitive decision-making

Awareness of specific teaching and learning design decisions and the reasons behind those decisions (Griffith et al., 2016).

MOOC

Massive open online course