Re:Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?
by JulianMorrison on Monday March 04, 2013 @11:05AM
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The argument goes:
- we suck
- we have no money
- and yet we cost too much
- MOOCs suck
- MOOCs are cheap
- MOOCs are going to eat our lunch
- we preserve intellectual heritage
- if we go, it goes
- therefore kill MOOCs
And really, there are at least two important counter arguments:
- if you suck, how can you preserve heritage?
- do not MOOCs also preserve heritage at least as well?
Also, the despair and lack of alternative here to the "recession" (actually, it's not a recession any more, it's a hugely unequal wealth distribution) is striking.
- we suck
- we have no money
- and yet we cost too much
- MOOCs suck
- MOOCs are cheap
- MOOCs are going to eat our lunch
- we preserve intellectual heritage
- if we go, it goes
- therefore kill MOOCs
And really, there are at least two important counter arguments:
- if you suck, how can you preserve heritage?
- do not MOOCs also preserve heritage at least as well?
Also, the despair and lack of alternative here to the "recession" (actually, it's not a recession any more, it's a hugely unequal wealth distribution) is striking.