THE LEGITIMACY OF THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EXPANTION OF MASIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCs)
THE LEGITIMACY OF THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EXPANTION OF MASIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCs)

Summary/Abstract: How does a MOOCs potentially challenge our notions of what a legitimate university is? Is this a legitimate question in the context of MOOCSs becoming more and ore similar with face to face programmes - online credentials are on their way (with checks for cheating).These courses are merely 50% as effective as a face-to-face one but a fraction of the cost (professor Daniel Mc Farland on Coursera.org). Is this the beginning of the end of the face-to-face university programmes? 455 students enrolled on Organizational Analyses on coursera.org have answered that question .

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