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Why have MOOCs provided no real competition?
by bluetwo 9y ago
Why have MOOCs provided no real competition?
- maxk42 9y agoBecause they don't have a sales team.
- ticviking 9y agoTurns out that accountability is easier on a campus than remotely.
- taw55 9y agoWell, that and the fact that the lower barrier to entry might incentivize trying-out of subjects. I know I have.
- winslow 9y agoThey are starting to. GaTech's OSMCS program cost (~$8k total) a fraction of the on campus (~$30k year in-state). With any entrenched system it takes a while to see change. Especially something like Education that is afraid of change and is very slow to change existing ways. I even wonder if much will change with colleges and higher education by the time I have kids and they then are college age. A lot will change from now until ~20 years when my potential kids will be college bound. However, I'll definitely be looking at biggest potential on ROI for tuition costs etc.
- observation 9y agoBecause universities are mostly about class signaling. Peter Thiel talks about it at length.