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MOOCs aren't the competition for colleges: higher education largely sells credentials, not skills. The risk is a mix of a decline in credentialism (eg, no long
by ThrustVectoring 8y ago
MOOCs aren't the competition for colleges: higher education largely sells credentials, not skills.
The risk is a mix of a decline in credentialism (eg, no longer wanting a college degree for babysitting or firefighting jobs) and a rise in an independent credentialing bodies (like what actuaries have).
- hak8or 8y agoGeorgia tech is one of the best comp sci universities out there, and their online masters program is not only accredited, it's indistinguishable from the on site masters program. The peice of paper does not diffirentiate between the two. So the credentials are there for Georgia tech, I do not know about the others though.