Kudos for highlighting one of the problems with MOOCs, which by definition sever the priceless face-to-face connection between a student and a teacher, and then

Kudos for highlighting one of the problems with MOOCs, which by definition sever the priceless face-to-face connection between a student and a teacher, and then exacerbate the problem by scaling into an N-thousand-to-one student-teacher ratio. But CourseNest (good luck keeping that name, you only have to worry about the Google legal team beast waking up (they own Nest)) is unlikely to make a difference, in my view. Too many middlemen, too many businesses chasing after the conversation that should be held in a physical classroom or lab or, worst case, in office hours. This is not an economically sustainable education platform. This is a chat room. It's a feature, not a business.