According to a study from MIT, online course providers are experiencing an increase in signups but later succumb to the struggles of low completion rates. The study cites an average dropout rate of 96% amongst their Harvard cohorts. This is no different from the obstacles that online course creators face.
With the absence of face-to-face interaction, keeping learners motivated and engaged enough to finish is proving to be a mountain of an obstacle for anyone opting to offer their courses online. Is there any hope of achieving a course completion rate that soars above 15%?
Embedding a few psychological hacks or strategies into your course can help improve the learning experience and increase course completion rates.
1. Implement multimodal learning
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