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

Note. C = completer; NC = non-completer of the MOOC.