According to a study by the University of Pennsylvania, MOOCs “have relatively few active users, that user engagement falls off dramatically – especially after the first 1-2 weeks of a course – and that few users persist to the course end.” The study analyzed the movement of a million users through sixteen Coursera courses offered by Penn and aimed to identify “key transition points for users – such as when users enter and leave courses.” Additional findings included that completion rates were “somewhat higher, on average, for courses with lower workloads for students and fewer homework assignments.”