Table 2 MOOC discussion participants and posts by level of education
Level of education | # of discussion participants | # of posts | Mean # posts ± standard deviation made by completers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | NC | C | NC | ||
University degree | |||||
Postgraduate degree | 447 | 217 | 6,563 | 733 | 10.99 ± 0.79 |
Bachelor degree | 860 | 411 | 11,899 | 1,455 | 10.51 ± 0.55 |
Associate degree | 147 | 61 | 2,214 | 264 | 11.91 ± 1.39 |
Subtotal | 2,143 | 23,128 | |||
No university degree | |||||
Vocational certificate | 681 | 337 | 10,169 | 1,139 | 11.11 ± 0.63 |
Upper secondary school | 313 | 144 | 4,597 | 451 | 11.05 ± 0.96 |
Lower secondary school | 111 | 56 | 1,678 | 214 | 11.33 ± 1.55 |
Primary school | 16 | 5 | 191 | 14 | 9.76 ± 4.05 |
Subtotal | 1,663 | 18,453 | |||
Unknown | 321 | 282 | 3,620 | 754 | |
Total | 4,409 | 45,955 | |||