Virtual education has installed a different way of understanding teaching and learning. Moreover, it has modified the roles of teachers and students, and ways to access knowledge. In this context, the study aims to analyze the expectations of college students about their own abilities and skills to participate in open online courses. We approach these issues through a descriptive and correlational design with the participation of 115 Chilean and 75 Spanish students. Psychometric analysis shows a good consistency of the instrument confirming its theoretical dimensions, in addition to the correlation between certain factors and demographic variables of the groups that were studied.