Justin Reich

MOOCs in Decline: Insights into multi-year data from MIT and Harvard

Posted on January 14, 2019

It turns out MOOC activity declines year-over-year in similar fashion to course participation per week, based on new research from MIT and Harvard.

The Quotable Justin Reich: MOOC research needs to reboot

Posted on January 3, 2015

Thanks to Audrey Watters I just read a new article in Science Magazine and publicly posted here by Justin Reich, the lead researcher for HarvardX (Harvard’s implementation of edX and associated research team)1. Justin calls out the limitations of current MOOC research that focuses on A/B testing and engagement instead of learning, single-course context, and post hoc analysis with […]