“I think my boyfriend is jealous of how charmed I am by the professor,” wrote one of Mr. Zelikow’s students on a discussion thread devoted to his endearing smile.
MOOCs clearly not the end of "sage on the stage," but a possible mutant overgrowth version threatening to banish local profs to marking papers, or looking for work elsewhere. Except, who will hold office hours? Who will oversee independent study? Who will really listen to a student?