A short post the summarises the "war" between traditional hierarchica/factory-like approaches to education (almost all formal education institutions) and the more de-centarlised network-based approach characeterised by cMOOCs (the original MOOC model).
This is a challenge you (and I) face in trying to bring network ideas into formal education. The link to Dave Cormier's work in the comments is a good one, I recommend following it up.