How were the companies that produced the courses going to make money? Fort Hays’ University President, Mirta M. Martin, has grown sceptical of the benefits of MOOCs, saying they are “…just an information dump…Even with online courses that have been designed to be more efficient and less expensive, there is still a lot of room for improvement.” She believes a distinction must be drawn between MOOCs and on-line college courses, (which are booming). However, the best of those (on-line college courses) create off-campus communities of students working toward the same goal, and are in close contact with a professor. They feature milestones, accountability and, most importantly, credits, and this may be why they are gaining higher completion rates than MOOCs.
Fort Hays’ University President, Mirta M. Martin, has grown sceptical of the benefits of MOOCs, saying they are “…just an information dump…Even with online courses that have been designed to be more efficient and less expensive, there is still a lot of room for improvement.” She believes a distinction must be drawn between MOOCs and on-line college courses, (which are booming). However, the best of those (on-line college courses) create off-campus communities of students working toward the same goal, and are in close contact with a professor. They feature milestones, accountability and, most importantly, credits, and this may be why they are gaining higher completion rates than MOOCs.