| dc.contributor.author | Duflo, Esther | |
| dc.contributor.author | Banerjee, Abhijit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-12T14:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-12T14:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8282 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1944-7981 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95976 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) present the potential to deliver high quality education to a large number of students. But they suffer from low completion rates. This paper identifies disorganization as a factor behind failure to complete a MOOC. Students who enroll one day late are 17 percentage points less likely to earn a certificate than students who enroll exactly on time. This reflects selection, but it does seem to be related to demographic characteristics, motivation to complete the course, or ability. This suggests that building in even more structure in the MOOC could be a factor in improving performance. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.5.514 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.title | (Dis)Organization and Success in an Economics MOOC | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. “(Dis)Organization and Success in an Economics MOOC.” American Economic Review 104, no. 5 (May 2014): 514–518. © 2014 American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Banerjee, Abhijit | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Duflo, Esther | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | American Economic Review | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-6088 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
