Beware Of The Great MOOC Bait-And-Switch

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Beware Of The Great MOOC Bait-And-Switch
Derek Newton, Forbes, 2018/11/20
If you just go by what the large U.S.-based institutions and companies are doing, which is what this article does, then MOOCs look like a scam. "MOOCs are now the free ice cream, the bait in the trap and, as such, it’s normal to wonder what they’re really worth even if they’re free." But outside the bastion, MOOCs are doing what they were intended to do: provide free learning resources to millions of people. More...