from Hacker News

Massive study on MOOCs

by sravfeyn on 4/3/15, 6:45 AM with 13 comments

• by bruceb on 4/3/15, 8:15 AM

  "Across 12 courses, participants who paid for “ID-verified” certificates (with costs ranging from $50 to $250) earned certifications at a higher rate than other participants: 59 percent, on average, compared to 5 percent. Students opting for the ID-verified track appear to have stronger intentions to complete courses, and the monetary stake may add an extra form of motivation."

  Would be interesting to know more about these people.

• by neuromancer2701 on 4/3/15, 12:06 PM

  I took the Intro to AI and later AI for Robotics through Udacity but I was only able to get through one other course.

  Now I am in my first semester of Georgia Tech's OMCS and I think it has been very challenging and enlightening. One improvement would be to get other colleges to make a macro-OMCS. Where you could take 10 classes across a wider selection. Maybe that will come with time. I also think there would be a great need for a $7k OBCS, that might be the next step in offering education to a wide group of people.