A shakeup of higher education

Joseph E. Aoun:

As President Obama develops his second-term agenda, his administration will no doubt focus on a range of higher-education priorities, including affordability, attainment levels, and career preparation. Yet as important as these issues are, something more fundamental is happening: We're witnessing the end of higher education as we know it.

This transformation is being brought on by "MOOCs" -- massive open online courses being offered for little or no cost through entities like edX, Coursera, and Udacity, which aggregate classes from multiple universities onto a single computer-based platform. Millions of people are already utilizing them to tap into higher learning.

In the process, they're spurring a shakeup of higher education -- with dramatic implications.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 18, 2012 4:08 AM
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