I know what you mean by the "not as many as those who think they will", but I would say that largely those stats seem to be measuring the wrong thing. Course co

I know what you mean by the "not as many as those who think they will", but I would say that largely those stats seem to be measuring the wrong thing. Course completion is only one side of the coin. I've learned a TON from free MOOCs, and taken significant parts of about 10. I've finished maybe two? Sometimes the curriculum hits things I already know, so I skip them. I don't have a "complete" course, but I learned what I came for, and since they're not for credit, what do I care if I miss out on internet points? For instance, right now I'm trying to figure out how to do some more complex (for me) HABTM relations in Rails. If there is one lecture in an entire MOOC that makes the concept click with me, I'm happy with the time invested.