Free online learning courses ‘inevitable’ at the University of Minnesota - Rebecca Harrington, Minnesota Daily

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus offers 415 online courses, but it doesn’t offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs — yet. Karen Hanson, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, said developing MOOCs is “inevitable,” but the University has to figure out how to pay for them first. Over the past few years, many universities have started offering free online courses to the general public. Across the nation, universities are struggling to determine where these courses fit into higher education. http://www.mndaily.com/2012/10/29/free-online-courses-%E2%80%98inevitable%E2%80%99-university