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Does anybody have anidea what's the completion rates for students who paid(for certification/something else) ?

by hershel 12y ago

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ghaff 12y ago
The only numbers I've seen are from the Spring 2013 Gamification course. 68% of the signature track students earned a verified certificate. (That's not quite what you asked but it's probably the only meaningful way to measure completion.) Other statistics associated with the class were fairly typical of MOOCs so I assume that's a reasonable ballpark to assume for MOOCs generally.
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- cpks 12y ago
  I've done a few verified certs. There's a question of causality. I only get on the verified track after I'm relatively confident I'll finish the course. Those are the same courses I would have gotten an honor code in if verified wasn't available.
incision 12y ago
I don't recall if either identifies that information specifically, but there's a whole collection of browsable stats and collected papers here [1] and another paper here [2]. I expect any certificate related stats will change significantly in the near future there's as each MOOC seems to be de-emphasizing or getting rid of 'honor' certificates. 1: http://odl.mit.edu/insights/ http://odl.mit.edu/insights/ 2: http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SF2.pdf http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SF2...
- ghaff 12y ago
  That's my perception as well. I've noticed some edX courses in particular pushing pretty hard on verified/paid certificates and eliminating the option of a free certificate. I can't say I'm especially surprised. MOOCs have struggled with their business models and having a free certificate option just further reduces the incentive for people to pay for a verified certificate. I notice that the upcoming Linux Foundation edX course, for example, only gives options to audit and to pay for a verified certificate.

Does anybody have anidea what's the completion rates for students who paid(for certification/something else) ?

by hershel 12y ago

Does anybody have anidea what's the completion rates for students who paid(for certification/something else) ?

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ghaff 12y ago

The only numbers I've seen are from the Spring 2013 Gamification course. 68% of the signature track students earned a verified certificate. (That's not quite what you asked but it's probably the only meaningful way to measure completion.) Other statistics associated with the class were fairly typical of MOOCs so I assume that's a reasonable ballpark to assume for MOOCs generally.

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cpks 12y ago
I've done a few verified certs. There's a question of causality. I only get on the verified track after I'm relatively confident I'll finish the course. Those are the same courses I would have gotten an honor code in if verified wasn't available.

incision 12y ago

I don't recall if either identifies that information specifically, but there's a whole collection of browsable stats and collected papers here [1] and another paper here [2]. I expect any certificate related stats will change significantly in the near future there's as each MOOC seems to be de-emphasizing or getting rid of 'honor' certificates. 1: http://odl.mit.edu/insights/ http://odl.mit.edu/insights/ 2: http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SF2.pdf http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SF2...

ghaff 12y ago
That's my perception as well. I've noticed some edX courses in particular pushing pretty hard on verified/paid certificates and eliminating the option of a free certificate. I can't say I'm especially surprised. MOOCs have struggled with their business models and having a free certificate option just further reduces the incentive for people to pay for a verified certificate. I notice that the upcoming Linux Foundation edX course, for example, only gives options to audit and to pay for a verified certificate.