Higher ed's grudge against MOOCs -- Part 2

Last update: Tuesday 3/20/18

Part 1 of this note registered my strong disagreement with a recent editorial about Coursera's pivot from non-credit certificate programs to fully accredited degree programs. Coursera's certificate courses were MOOCs because they were inexpensive, whereas the courses in its degree programs entail tuition and fees comparable to the tuition and fees charged by conventional online degree programs. Therefore I say its degree courses are not MOOCs. 

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Higher ed's grudge against MOOCs -- Part 1

Last update: Tuesday 3/20/18

This note has a provocative title, but it's not nearly as provocative as my original: "The continuing grudge of U.S. higher education's Olde Guarde against MOOCs and Sebastian Thrun" -- which is what I'm really going to talk about. For readers who have never been tenured members of a faculty, it may come as a surprise to learn that the oh-so-rational, truth loving scholars of academia hold venomous grudges just like the Mafia.