Which problems could MOOCs solve, and how?

By Diana Laurillard. The phenomenon of the massive open online course – MOOC – has made more people aware of what online learning might do for a much larger group of students than higher education currently serves.
There has been a lot of speculation about what they might mean for the future of education, universities and learning. Some of it is wild and wrongheaded. We need a more critical understanding of what MOOCs are actually achieving and what more they could do to address the really important educational challenges our institutions face. Read more...