By ROBERT SANFORD, Portland Press Herald
Most brick-and-mortar schools are wary of such endeavors but they should view them as opportunities, not threats. For example, MOOCs can help bring students into higher education by allowing a “safe” at-home approach through a low-cost single course, which might encourage the student to take the plunge and enroll in a program. Further, schools can add seminars of face-to-face classroom time to provide students the opportunity to reflect upon their MOOC learning and to have that knowledge validated through the earning of academic credits. Change will be constant throughout the 21st century, so the academy must instill in students the skills and desire to learn throughout their lifetimes. We all must be lifelong learners.
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