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$20,000 masters degrees isn't what I have in mind, sorry. That's just more of the same old same old. Nothing innovative about that. The whole point of MOOCs is

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > The whole point of MOOCs is to delivery high-quality courses for free. No, it's not.
  • anonymous5133 8y ago
    It might not be to you, but it is to me. MOOCs is about demolishing the ivory tower of education privilege and making high-quality education accessible to all, for free. Also when I say free, I mean free as in not funded by the government type of free.
    • dragonwriter 8y ago
      > It might not be to you, but it is to me. It doesn't seem to be for the people that are running MOOC platforms, either. > MOOCs is about demolishing the ivory tower of education privilege and making high-quality education accessible to all, for free. It may be defensible to say that MOOCs are about lowering economic barriers to accessing education, but free isn't the goal (most platforms were purely free initially to establish mindshare, but that's a promotional expense not a sustainable business model.) Those that have retained a free option seem to have it largely as a tool for promoting paid certificate/credentialing programs.