Online Learning Update

May 24, 2013

Coursera should be subject of Mooc, says professor

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

BY CHRIS PARR, London Times Higher Ed

A US academic has proposed creating a massive open online course on Coursera that explores the effect of the company’s business model on global higher education. Bob Meister, professor of social sciences and political thought at the University of California Santa Cruz, puts forward the idea in an open letter to Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller that criticises the Mooc platform. “I would like to propose a new online course for you to make freely available through the Coursera platform. Its title is: ‘The Implications of Coursera’s For-Profit Business Model for Global Public Education,’” he says.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/coursera-should-be-subject-of-mooc-says-professor/2003920.article

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