Interactions with course material was much higher, with more than 80 percent of respondents saying they watched video lectures and completed assignments every week, and an average of 83 percent saying they had completed the final assessment.
“Solitary interactions were dominant over social engagements,” the report said.
About 45 percent of respondents said the courses met their expectations, and 32 percent said the courses exceeded their expectations. Only 2 percent reported being completely dissatisfied with the course in which they enrolled.
One finding that the report said was surprising was the number of participants who had already completed a degree program. Seventy percent of respondents “indicated completion of degree-level academic achievement.” Forty percent indicated they had earned a postgraduate degree.
The authors of the report theorized that this could be a result of the majority of MOOC media coverage being found in niche educational outlets read by academics and not as commonly in mainstream sources like the BBC and the New York Times.
“The general public publicity appears to be less broadening in its delivery of enrollments than one might have expected from the headlines about the ‘end of higher education as we know it,’” the report said
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