Online Learning Update

April 9, 2017

Coursera’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

EdSurge: I’ve heard folks at Coursera refer to your courses and microcredential programs as “products.” That word struck me, since many academics are worried that higher education is becoming too commercialized. Is there a tension between the for-profit structure of Coursera and the nonprofit mission of your college partners?

RIck Levin: The advantage that we bring as a for-profit company is energy and direction and access to a labor force that’s highly talented. There’s an energy about our being a for-profit Silicon Valley entity that will create other services for university partners. Sometimes our partners say we are moving too fast because we’re coming up with new features all the time, and we’re experimenting with new pricing models, and each of these changes requires a lot of explanations from the university departments who customize them.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-03-29-coursera-s-rick-levin-on-the-evolution-of-moocs-and-microcredentials
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