By Anne VanderMey, Fortune/CNN
Though they may yet wreak havoc on brick and mortar institutions (particularly on expensive middle-tier liberal arts schools offering no clear route to employment), online education seems to be a ways away from becoming the terrifying disruptor many thought it would be. If anything, right now MOOCs and other online courses are augmenting current offerings rather than destroying them. As for killing the physical campus, when I floated that scenario to Ng, he didn’t jump at the idea. He said he still values the “coming of age experience” provided by four-year universities, and the support system they provide. We’re still a long way from knowing exactly what MOOCs are capable of. But will they one day live up to the hype and destroy the traditional university as we know it? Says Ng: “I hope not.”
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/10/28/why-online-education-wont-kill-your-campus/
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