Beyond the Hype: Faculty Hear Plans for Duke's Ventures in Online Learning - Geoffry Mock, Duke Today

For the MOOC companies such as Coursera, edX and others, the business model for how they will produce revenue is still unknown. Provost Peter Lange said Duke officials were waiting for the companies to settle on a business model before the university made its own decision about potential revenues. There are other more pressing issues, he added, such as: Supporting faculty time for MOOC course design and materials development; Negotiating complicated copyright approvals; Assessing MOOC courses; Staying abreast of fast-changing technology platforms; Adapting MOOC courses to in-person classrooms. Lange praised Lynne O'Brien, director of the Center for Instructional Technology, and others for leading Duke's first steps into MOOCs. He said the initial financial cost hasn't been great, but it has required "an enormous amount of work and level of commitment from staff that has been exemplary." http://today.duke.edu/2012/09/mooccouncil