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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-024-08-1072</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23445</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>L.3.0 - eLearning Systems/Technology/Tools/Platforms</subject>
          <subject>L.3.3 - Learning Preferences</subject>
          <subject>L.3.5 - Online Education</subject>
          <subject>L.3.6 - Technology Enhanced Learning</subject>
        </subj-group>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Analysis of Behavioral Intention to Use Cloud-Based Tools in a MOOC: A Technology Acceptance Model Approach</article-title>
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      <contrib-group content-type="authors">
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Chan</surname>
            <given-names>Miguel Morales</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">amorales@galileo.edu</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Plata</surname>
            <given-names>Roberto Barchino</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Medina</surname>
            <given-names>Jose Amelio</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Alario-Hoyos</surname>
            <given-names>Carlos</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Rizzardini</surname>
            <given-names>Rocael Hernández</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A4">4</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Roca</surname>
            <given-names>Monica de la</given-names>
          </name>
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      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Galileo University, Guatemala City, Guatemala</addr-line>
        <institution>Galileo University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Guatemala City</addr-line>
        <country>Guatemala</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Alcala</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Madrid</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Carlos III de Madrid</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Madrid</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A4">
        <label>4</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Galileo University, Guatemala, Guatemala</addr-line>
        <institution>Galileo University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Guatemala</addr-line>
        <country>Guatemala</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Miguel Morales Chan (<email xlink:type="simple">amorales@galileo.edu</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2018</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>28</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2018</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>24</volume>
      <issue>8</issue>
      <fpage>1072</fpage>
      <lpage>1089</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/22A8A69E-5B3B-518E-B131-C2DD42A00B68">22A8A69E-5B3B-518E-B131-C2DD42A00B68</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5505473">5505473</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>15</day>
          <month>01</month>
          <year>2018</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>05</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2018</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Miguel Morales Chan, Roberto Barchino Plata, Jose Amelio Medina, Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Rocael Hernández Rizzardini, Monica de la Roca</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>MOOC students' adoption of cloud-based tools has the potential to enrich the learning process and enhance the management of knowledge. The aims of this study are to evaluate the behavioral intention to use cloud-based tools in MOOC context, and to explore the factors that influence this intention, based on extended technology of acceptance model (TAM). This paper reports the findings of a case study conducted on the edX platform. Survey data collected from 133 end-users were analyzed by using structured equation modeling (SEM) to validate the causal relationship among the various constructs of the research model proposed. The findings suggested that the perceived ease of use and the perceived usefulness influence the attitude toward the cloud-based tools used in a MOOC.</p>
      </abstract>
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