At some point we're going to have to ask ourselves, "what is a 'credit' and what is it really good for, anyway?" At least in their current incarnation, MOOCs a

At some point we're going to have to ask ourselves, "what is a 'credit' and what is it really good for, anyway?" At least in their current incarnation, MOOCs are not intended for credentialing, they are intended for learning and enrichment. I like it that way. I can learn as much about a topic as I want to, skip the parts I'm not interested in, and I don't need to care or worry about what's going to be "on the test" or whether I got a fair grade. And I don't have to go sign up and pay for a community college course and go to class at night to learn about how databases work or something--I can do it for free from the comfort of my own home.