October 1, 2012

MOOC Mania

It's raising big questions about the future of higher education

Massive Excitement About Online Courses 1

Lissa Gotwals for The Chronicle

Cathy Davidson, a professor at Duke U. and directorco-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory: "The knee-jerk reaction is to say that MOOC's are going to save us."

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Lissa Gotwals for The Chronicle

Cathy Davidson, a professor at Duke U. and directorco-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory: "The knee-jerk reaction is to say that MOOC's are going to save us."

By Katherine Mangan

The Marketplace in Your Brain

Lissa Gotwals for The Chronicle

Cathy Davidson, a professor at Duke U. and directorco-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory: "The knee-jerk reaction is to say that MOOC's are going to save us."