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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

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MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Use the power of peer pressure.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Learning (And 7 Ways to Repent)

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Yet like any confessional, Brown also offered ways to repent from what he called “the seven deadly sins of online learning.” But they aren’t always meaningful, and can limit innovation by pigeonholing people to old ideas and ways of thinking about online learning. “In I am a very big sinner.”