by scicurious, Neurotic Physiology
Basically, while I see the potential of the MOOC, right now it doesn’t seem all that much better to me than iTunes U (also free!) or getting a course on DVD from the library (also free!). Maybe there’s a more social aspect, but so far I haven’t seen it (though that could be because I haven’t really needed to get a study group). The idea to me right now seems somewhat unfocused, like they aren’t sure of audience, and are spreading the net as wide as possible to try and catch everyone. And as for the format, well I’m not sure how much I will learn or retain over, say, listening to an audiobook.
http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2013/01/02/on-the-matter-of-moocs/
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