“…In this regard, the most frequently mentioned and pressing issue of online courses is the high dropout rate (Chen & Jang, 2010). Other important issues are related to the adoption and application of the educational information system (Kennedy, 2014) and the level of self-regulation required in order effectively to engage in online learning (Bayanova et al, 2020;Buhr, Daniels, & Goegan, 2019;de Barba, Kennedy, & Ainley, 2016;Irtuganova, 2018;Karkina, Mena Marcos, & Valeeva, 2021;Minakhmetova et al, 2017;Razumovskaya et al, 2019;Rubio et al, 2020;Tugun et al, 2020). Taken together, these issues suggest the importance of learners' motivation in the adoption and continuing usage of digital technologies for educational purposes.…”