WHO ARE THE MOOC-ERS? MOOCs—where students are also teachers. That’s among the findings from a new report from Harvard and MIT, examining 280 courses offered by the two schools through edX since 2012. Researchers say that 32 percent of respondents self-identified as “being” or “having been” a teacher. Of this group, 19 percent said they teach the same subject as the online course they were participating in. Over the four-year period in the study, 2.4 million unique users took a MITx or HarvardX course, with an average of 1,554 new participants enrolling each day. Roughly 245,000 certificates were issued, and earners spent roughly 29 hours interacting with the courseware to earn them. A large majority of learners were male (67 percent) and hailed from outside the U.S. (71 percent).
A report from Harvard and MIT has found that 32% of Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) users either are, or have been, a teacher. Out of this group, 19% have reported that they teach the same subject that they are studying. Among MOOC students, 67% were male and 71% from outside the US. The study examined some 2.4 million unique users of MITx and HarvardX over the course of four years. An average of 1,554 new participants enrolled each day and 245,000 graduation certificates were issued.