I was pleasantly surprised to read[0] that Minerva is doing quite a bit more than just taking the MOOC concept and charging for it, e.g.: "He split us into gro

I was pleasantly surprised to read[0] that Minerva is doing quite a bit more than just taking the MOOC concept and charging for it, e.g.: "He split us into groups to defend opposite propositions—that the cod had disappeared because of overfishing, or that other factors were to blame. No one needed to shuffle seats; Bonabeau just pushed a button, and the students in the other group vanished from my screen, leaving my three fellow debaters and me to plan, using a shared bulletin board on which we could record our ideas. Bonabeau bounced between the two groups to offer advice as we worked." More like that at the link. So despite being online, it sounds like Minerva's trying to increase, not decrease, the amount of educator/student interaction involved. [0] http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-future-of-college/375071/ http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-futu...