MOOCs are closed platforms… and probably doomed

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MOOCs are closed platforms… and probably doomed
Daniel Lemire, 2014/12/25
"Do not be fooled by how savvy MOOC advocates sound," cautions Daniel Lemire. "They do not understand what they are doing." He doesn't me me, of course. "The actual MOOCs that colleges publish are closed platforms, as per Wikipedia’s definition," he writes. Interestingly, you can walk into any university classroom and sit in on a lecture, and nobody will care (if they notice at all). More...