Saturday 11 January 2014

Who Takes UPenn MOOCs? For online higher education, the devil is in the data

By BRANDON ALCORN, GAYLE CHRISTENSEN, AND EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL, Forbes


Surveying people who have enrolled in a MOOC offered by the university and completed at least one full lecture, we collected nearly 35,000 responses from students hailing from around the world. From the survey results, a clear portrait emerges: MOOCs, at least thus far, are serving the world’s haves more than its have-nots. A disproportionate number of MOOC students are already well-educated. Globally, they’re predominately male and currently employed; in this country, they’re also older than you might expect. Far more enrollees view them as a diversion than they do as a means to a college degree or a new job.


http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116013/mooc-student-survey-who-enrolls-online-education


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