"Professors across the U.S. are criticizing a rush to offer free online college courses, challenging a movement designed to spread knowledge and reduce higher-education costs. (Moi ici: Portanto, admitem que não conseguem competir e fazer a diferença face a curso online? O mesmo erro dos jornais e do retalho clássico)
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Amherst College faculty voted last month against joining an initiative led by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The provost at American University issued a moratorium in January on such massive open online courses, or MOOCs. At San Jose State University, the philosophy department refused to use a free Web course from a Harvard professor.
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As college costs soar, professors are concerned that MOOCs may primarily become a way for universities to reduce expenses. Even at Harvard, some faculty members said at a meeting last week that the movement could damage higher education by leading institutions to cut face-to-face instruction.
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Christensen, a Harvard business school professor, has predicted that in 15 years, half of all universities will be out of business because higher education, with its skyrocketing costs, is ripe for technological upheaval.
At the same time, professors are raising legitimate objections because MOOCs -- focusing on lectures by star professors -- aren’t really a revolutionary form of teaching, Horn said. More interactive approaches may end up being more effective." (Moi ici: E quantos é que estão disponíveis para isso?)
Trecho retirado de "Harvard-for-Free Meets Resistance as Professors See Threat"
BTW "The future is here"
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