Online Learning Update

April 21, 2013

Online Learning: Harvard Law School Can Learn From MOOCs

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

By Raja Bobbili & Daniel Doktori, Bloomberg

Elite universities recognize online courses as a way to educate the masses. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up to introduce the nonprofit edX in May 2012, and Stanford, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan were quick to sign on to Coursera Inc., a for-profit platform, which now offers more than 300 free courses. We think these top institutions are missing a chance to use the Web to reinvigorate stagnated teaching methods within their own graduate and professional schools, most notably their law schools. Case study: Harvard Law School, where we are both students.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-11/harvard-law-school-can-learn-from-moocs.html

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