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Motivation is one of the key factors that affect learners to success and perform in learning. Since Covid-19 pandemic, teaching and learning method has transformed from physical learning to online learning. Many has affected with the changes including educators and learners. This study aims to explore learners’ motivation in online learning. The study is a quantitative study, and the data were collected from 114 respondents through online survey who were studying business management, hotel management, computer science and agrotechnology. The respondents were taking English Language Course (ELC) at a public university in Malaysia. Descriptive analysis was used to identify learners’ perception on the expectancy, value and social support as motivation to learning online. Meanwhile, Pearson correlation was used to identify relationship between motivation and online learning. The findings show that expectancy, value and social support have significant relationship as motivation to learning online. This indicates that expectancy, value and social support are needed in online learning as it will help the learners to keep motivated and perform well in learning. The findings imply that students can be motivated in online learning despite the hindrance through proper support, assistance, and encouragement.
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In-Text Citation: (Rahman et al., 2023)
To Cite this Article: Rahman, N. F. N. A., Juned, A. M., Sharif, N. F. M., Arshad, A., Fauzi, A., & Rahmat, N. H. (2023). Is There a Relationship between Motivational Factors for Online Learning? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(6), 992 – 1008.
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