The Achilles heel of the MOOC phenomena has been that while enrollments have been huge, the number of students who actually complete courses for credit has remained low. Last week , the New York Times ( NY Times ) reported that the world ’s most popular online course is called “ Learning How to Learn ” , which is described as a general introduction to the psychology of learning , taught jointly by an educator and a neuroscientist . Offered by the University of California through Coursera , the course was ranked as the leading class by enrolment in a survey of the 50 largest online courses released earlier last month by the Online Course Report website . According to the NY Times , 1,192,697 students have enrolled since the course was created last year , and completion rates have stood steadily at around 10 % , an impressive level in the MOOC world where most completion rates are under 10 % .
Last week , the New York Times ( NY Times ) reported that the world ’s most popular online course is called “ Learning How to Learn ” , which is described as a general introduction to the psychology of learning , taught jointly by an educator and a neuroscientist . Offered by the University of California through Coursera , the course was ranked as the leading class by enrolment in a survey of the 50 largest online courses released earlier last month by the Online Course Report website . According to the NY Times , 1,192,697 students have enrolled since the course was created last year , and completion rates have stood steadily at around 10 % , an impressive level in the MOOC world where most completion rates are under 10 % .