Can We Really Trust Nathan Heller’s MOOCs?

As much as I would like to agree with all that is said in a wonderful publication called “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead”, I can not help but think beyond the calamity and into the aftermath. For an avalanche only lasts a few seconds. And if we were to assume this particular one lasted for years, how long really could it go on; plain white and terrible!
I will begin with an outright statement that “the current design and model of MOOCs is not a sustainable one” and if we do not come up with a better and more evolved model, this might be the most epic fail of the decade. All that the glamorous Ivy League Spinoffs are doing is great in numbers and statistics, but when I look at the big picture, somehow it seems disappointingly, but not shockingly, bleak. The New Yorker’s Nathan Heller’s take on the educational revolution is rather amusing, with his vivid style of writing and description. One is truly mesmerised but is left wondering whether to hate or love the MOOCs. Read more...