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Yea, I agree - I think the challenge is to figure out how to get some or all of those benefits for MOOC users - or those otherwise pursuing education off-campus
by SmirkingRevenge 9y ago
Yea, I agree - I think the challenge is to figure out how to get some or all of those benefits for MOOC users - or those otherwise pursuing education off-campus or remote settings. Lack of college-type socialization (and network building) in MOOCS is a thing that can be solved.
Forking out 10's of thousands of dollars or more in tuition along with all the other life-altering changes required to attend a university for 4 dedicated years is really a poor value for a bit of socialization/networking, IMHO - unless maybe you are at a really elite university.
- lsc 9y agoI think the "life altering changes" required to attend a university for four years are... a big part of the point of going. I think the cost, well, if that is worth it depends largely on what you value and the marginal value of your dollar. I look around my hometown when I visit my parents, not a particularly wealthy place, and I see a lot of those giant trucks, any one of which could have covered four years at a public university.