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>With MOOCs we no longer need universities to educate people. I am not convinced of this. I think MOOCs are great and certainly a game changer for domains like
by mcculley 13y ago
>With MOOCs we no longer need universities to educate people.
I am not convinced of this. I think MOOCs are great and certainly a game changer for domains like computer science. But there's lots of domains that I know nothing about that I am not convinced I could master via an online course (e.g., biotech or anything else that requires expensive equipment).
Even where MOOCs are the best answer, isn't the best provider of a MOOC going to be a university? Maybe just what we think of as a university will change.
- herbig 13y agoNot only can you not master some things from a course online, but a college education is as much if not more about status and a paper degree as it is about the education you receive.
- epsylon 13y agoA MOOC is a scalable replacement for a traditional class lecture. It's not intended to replace labs or hands-on experience, nor the value of being immersed into a campus, mixing with students and teachers... That being said, MOOCs can help alleviate a lot of the cost of a University degree.