Comments for Will we all soon be hooked on MOOCs? (2) Business models

Mathieu Van Vyve  

Why not a pure public-financed free-access model, for example at the EU level?

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Julien Jacqmin
Well, let's first be pragmatic, do they have the money for it now? And if so, is education a priority at the EU level? I sadly doubt so... Second, I think that it is a very risky business to invest your money in. These new technologies are still immature, even though they are very promising. In my opinion, what is needed…
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Well, let’s first be pragmatic, do they have the money for it now? And if so, is education a priority at the EU level? I sadly doubt so…
Second, I think that it is a very risky business to invest your money in. These new technologies are still immature, even though they are very promising. In my opinion, what is needed now is (1) more research being done on the added value of those classes and how to improve their learning outcomes and (2) understand how they could enter the classroom and how to encourage their adoption by teachers/professors.

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