Examining public data from 279 courses from the most popular MOOC providers (Udacity, Coursera, edX), researcher Katy Jordan finds that the average course enrolls about 43,000 students. About 6.5% of those stick around ’til the end. When looking at the number of students who engaged at least a little bit with course materials, the number of completion jumps to 9.8%.

Study: Massive Online Courses Enroll An Average Of 43,000 Students, 10% Completion | TechCrunch Tuesday, March 4, 2014 @ 10:37pm