Online Learning Update

March 30, 2013

72% Of Professors Who Teach Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Don’t Think Their Students Deserve Credit

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

by GREGORY FERENSTEIN, Tech Crunch

This is not a good sign for MOOCs: 72 percent of professors who have taught Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) don’t believe that students should get official college credit, even if they did well in the class. More importantly, these are the professors who voluntarily took time to teach online courses, which means the actual number of professors who discount the quality of MOOCs is probably much (much) higher. The survey reveals the Grand Canyon-size gap between the higher-education establishment and the coalition of tech companies and lawmakers that are mandating college credit for online courses.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/22/72-of-professors-who-teach-online-courses-dont-think-their-students-deserve-credit/

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