Why MIT's Free Courses Have 5% Completion Rates

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August 5, 2025
From AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream. First aired: 4 August 2025 Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/98jv4XzFn_A Get the full notes and summary: https://newsletter.aiwithkyle.com/subscribe Subscribe and tun on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 MIT and Harvard publish their courses for free online, yet almost nobody completes them because information isn't the problem - action is. Course completion rates hit just 5% because humans are fundamentally lazy and need structure, accountability, and community to actually follow through, which is why people still pay for education even when ChatGPT can teach anything.