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Are MOOCs Going to Disappear? 4 Challenges to Overcome

Despite being an ardent supporter of MOOCs, Professor Ignacio Despujol of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia also acknowledges that MOOCs face significant challenges.

Laurie Pickard Nov 18th, 2018

MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted

According to Delft’s Willem van Valkenburg, MOOCs are already changing higher education in at least four important ways

Laurie Pickard Sep 18th, 2018

Monetizing A MOOC Platform

We explore how the France Université Numerique (FUN) MOOC platform makes money.

Laurie Pickard Sep 10th, 2018

The iMBA Offers Great Value to Students, But May Face Challenges With Scale

By almost any measure, the University of Illinois and Coursera have created an online MBA program that offers extraordinary value to students. The question now is, can they continue to offer such great value as the program scales?

Laurie Pickard Aug 13th, 2018

Analysis of 450 MOOC-Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency

Looking at published data about the cost, time, effort required to complete these different microcredentials, one thing is clear: there is very little standardization among microcredentials.

Laurie Pickard Jul 18th, 2018

How One University Tackles Accessibility in MOOCs

As MOOCs move from an experimental technology to a more standard learning resource, course developers and MOOC platforms alike are spending more time thinking about how to make MOOCs accessible.

Laurie Pickard Jun 10th, 2018