Your first degree course is a MOOC

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Your first degree course is a MOOC
Alastair Creelman, The corridor of uncertainty, March 8, 2013
Alastair Creelman reports: "MOOC2degreeis a new initiative that offers the first course of a degree program as a MOOC in the hope of recruiting students on to the full program. A consortium of seven US universities under the coordination of Academic Partnerships are already on board and intend to use MOOCs as a shop window for their regular programs." It's a bit like a loss leader - get them to do a few courses for free, earn some credits, and then have them sign up to pay full tuition for the rest of the program. More...