E-learning & Digital Cultures: How big is #edcmooc? Some Stats…

EDCMOOC statistics

These usage statistics were provided by faculty from Edinburgh University, who are running the E-Learning + Digital Cultures MOOC on Coursera:

  • Total Registered Participants: 42874
  • Active Participants Over the Last 7 Days (“Active” is define as any contact with the EDCMOOC Coursera course site): ~ 17%
  • EDC MOOC News (Blog Aggregator) Unique Visitors: ~10%
  • Visitors to the EDCMOOC News page come ~65% from the USA and ~ 8% from the UK.

Other stats about this MOOC:

  • For about 70% of the group, this is their first MOOC.  About half are currently enrolled on only one MOOC.
  • About 24% of respondents from the USA, ~ 9% from the UK, ~ 6% come from Spain, and ~ 3% from both India and Greece.
  • About 60% of respondents come either from “teaching and education” or report themselves to be “students”.  Just over 60% of the entire respondent group have postgraduate level qualifications, and a further ~35% have a university or college degree.

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