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Online Course ROI: Hours-per-Dollar 2026

Per-course economics across MOOC and bootcamp providers: hours of instruction per dollar, completion rate, and outcome signal.

DOI
10.5281/zenodo.20632758
Published by
EduBracket
Category
Education
Last updated
2026-05-09
Fields
6

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What the records contain

The fields present on each record, named exactly as they appear in the data, so a query written against this list will run.

  • course_id
  • provider
  • price_usd
  • hours_of_instruction
  • completion_rate_pct
  • outcome_signal

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Released under CC BY 4.0. You may use it commercially and redistribute it. Attribution is the only condition.

Couey, V. W. (2026). Online Course ROI: Hours-per-Dollar 2026. Deep Synthesis. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20632758

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