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whither the university? (1) MOOCs - student does not need to pay exorbitant tuition fees (2) Sci-Hub - student does not need access to a university library (
by igravious 9y ago
whither the university?
(1) MOOCs - student does not need to pay exorbitant tuition fees
(2) Sci-Hub - student does not need access to a university library
(3) ? universal accreditation - this piece is missing
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idea for start-up: aggregate MOOCs, package instructions on how to retrieve information online, connect instructors and tutors to students, arrange accreditation, offer BA, MA, PhD programs, we have start-ups in every industry but higher level education, could it be possible? …
- Eridrus 9y agoMOOCs are very spotty. You may be able to do this for some of CS, but it would be tough to put together a complete high quality degree in anything else.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y ago>arrange accreditation This will turn out to be harder than it appears. The accreditation process is complex, expensive, and bureaucratic - possibly by design. PhDs accreditation would be particularly complicated. PhDs are partly a form of academic hazing and lineage development and very much not just about the research/content. Unfortunately education is more of a political problem than an information redistribution problem.
- sjy 9y agoMOOCs are not very useful for any kind of science that requires lab access, and Sci-Hub is not very useful for any kind of scholarly material that's not scientific, so I'd say universities are still far from obsolete.