Re:The Online Education Revolution Drifts Off Course
by saraid216 on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @01:33AM
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> > When 90% of your "students" fail to complete the courses, you have an epic failure on your hands.
> What is the percentage of dedicated students, that have the right background to understand the material, complete the course?
What we have now is too much marketing. The reason 90% of students fail to complete the course is because 90% of them aren't really students. But the MOOC purveyors insist on calling them that despite the fact that a lot of people enroll in a course they don't have time/ability for. And people do that because there's no reason not to.
> What is the percentage of dedicated students, that have the right background to understand the material, complete the course?
What we have now is too much marketing. The reason 90% of students fail to complete the course is because 90% of them aren't really students. But the MOOC purveyors insist on calling them that despite the fact that a lot of people enroll in a course they don't have time/ability for. And people do that because there's no reason not to.