MOOCs have a median completion rate of just 12.6%. Even adding a paywall, does not solve the problem. Research shows that less than half of students, who pay for MOOCs, finish them.

If online courses are poorly designed, why have they become so popular? To students, MOOCs offer more convenience and lower cost than traditional education. To educators, it offers an unbelievably attractive business model with infinite scalability. You prepare a course once and, in theory, millions of people can buy it without your additional... See more