Have MOOCs grown up so much that we are now… post-MOOC?
As this post makes clear, MOOCs have not only proliferated in their current massive, open form, they have also evolved into different, online-enabled models of delivering education. Talking to the BBC’s Sean Coughlan, Harvard’s Professor Lue asserts:
“The MOOC represents just the first version of what we can do with online education. And this first version has now been overtaken. We’re already in a post-MOOC era.”
As promising as this may be, however, Lue reminds us that there are still questions that remain unresolved related to the continuing move toward online-enabled learning. Specifically related to how the university campus fits in, he wonders, “What is it that a student gets out of being on campus and being in the classroom?”
Coughlan picks up where Lue leaves off, asking,
“If students on campus prefer learning online, what does it mean for the width: 89px; height: