MOOCs and Executive Education

This UNICON Research Report focuses on MOOCs and executive education and starts by exploring the business models of Udacity, Coursera, EdX, Udemy and 2U.
“For executive education, the developments in this area may provide opportunities for extending reach within organisations, for engaging faculty in new and exciting ways, and for providing educational opportunities that are more flexible in meeting participants’ needs,” concludes author Jennifer Stine.
However, there are also the unanswered questions about the long-term sustainability of MOOCs, and about how their adoption may impact faculty or could influence the strategic direction of institutions.
The author refers to how the disruptive innovation model was specifically applied to executive education in an Harvard Business Review Blog published in January 2013 by Berkeley faculty member Morten T. Hansen. Read more...