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Re:Will MOOCs Destroy Academia? by rimantas on Monday March 04, 2013 @11:01AM (#5318805) 

  > If MOOCs deliver on the promise of delivering more
  > education to more people
It won't. It surely can make more education to be available to more people, but at the end there will be less people willing to use that oppurtunity.
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Re:Will MOOCs Destroy Academia? by bayesianhorse on Monday March 04, 2013 @11:12AM (#5318854)
Bold statement that has been proven wrong already. Khanacademy is a point against decreasing "willingness", as is Coursera. Most of their participants would not otherwise attend a formal course, either because of cost, living circumstances or some other factor. In fact, the "poaching" of students from traditional venues is limited.
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