[aegiscg47]

At the university I work at MOOCs are discussed often and the biggest problem is something like less than 10% of the people enrolled in them ever finish the course. I think that percentage greatly fluctuates with the course material, interest, etc., but the overall numbers aren't good. Most of the discussions I've sat in on have been about how to get the numbers up on finishing the course.

[Academiadotorg]

hmm. and 15 % of students are enrolled in them...

[Fire_on_High]

It takes discipline to finish a course where there’s no one watching over you to yell at you if you don’t get the lead out. This is news how?

Took a couple of MOOCs myself lately and loved it...the instructors were fantastic, and while the courses had a few small issues to fix before the next run, I learned a lot and got what I came for.

[Cronos]

well, I think it’s because it is easy to join in and cheap or free. So many people join it and learn something