Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are the fad of the moment.
They fall into the category of stabbing in the dark. This is the new phase higher education change is in, a phase of trial and error, hits and misses. MOOCs are a big miss. MOOCs are a long shot for being successful, as they have not yet succeeded pedagogically, have no business or financial model, and how they might function in a new higher education model is ever so unclear.
1.There's no pedagogical success. The much heralded Stanford MOOC course had a completion rate of 14%. That's moving backwards, that's disastrous, that's certain failure over the long haul.
2.No business model. MOOCs are free. There's no business or financial model here.
3.No big picture. It is not clear at all how MOOCs fit into a new model for higher education.
Score MOOCs a fad that won't last in their current form.
For a free copy of "MOOCs And Other Fads," just email Tammy at info@lern.org
Sight last week of the beautiful St. Croix River, which forms the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota from the Twin Cities north. This photo is taken just a few miles upstream from where the St. Croix merges with the mighty Mississippi.
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