Hi One prediction ... "schools" with increasingly low standards will charge decreasing amounts of money competing with one another for the lowest possible price to earn a degree with MOOCs. Enrolments in regular schools will plummet, including those creating the MOOCs, who will then go `whoops``. And the research capacity associated with universities will decrease even more rapidly.
Another prediction ... ``consumers`` of education will realize the benefits of traditional courses and continue to enrol in legitimate university courses. Or some combination of the above, with disadvantaged students largely relegated to option 1 (putting community colleges out of business) and advantaged students to option 2, exacerbating already existing differences between the groups. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology and Chair 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> Christopher Green <[email protected]> 30-Aug-12 9:18 pm >>> MOOCs are usually free. One does not get regular university credit, but a certificate of completion. The question which schools, if any, will grant credit equivalence to which MOOCs. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== On 2012-08-30, at 3:48 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: > Wow is that a startling development--though maybe I'm behind the times > here. Chris, I read the entire article as well as the comments and yet am > still not clear if the students are paying the normal tuition charged by U > of M and if being in-state or out-of-state is and issue for the tuition. > > Joan > [email protected] > > > >> For those of you interested in massive open online courses (MOOCs), here >> is a report on a course that included essay assignments and peer grading. >> The biggest problem is that many (even most) of the students are not >> native English speakers. >> http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/30/first-humanities-mooc-professors-road-test-courseras-peer-grading-model >> >> >> Chris >> --- >> Christopher D. Green >> Department of Psychology >> York University >> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 >> Canada >> >> [email protected] >> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ >> ========================== >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=20103 >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-20103-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=20116 > > or send a blank email to > leave-20116-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=20121 or send a blank email to leave-20121-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20122 or send a blank email to leave-20122-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
