Schadenfreude for the MOOC Is Not Joy for the Higher Ed Status Quo - Cathy Davidson, HASTAC

This is why I do not participate in the schadenfreude over the Udacity-SJSU reset following upon the high failure rate of their students in three introductory or remedial classes: First, I am impressed that, at six months, they are willing to study, experiment, redesign, and try something else. I like that spirit of experimentation and won't be surprised if they come up with something better next time.... Second, my fear is that, being pleased that the SJSU-Udacity commercial partnership failed, too many educators will now think the matter is closed and done with. It is not. The problems listed above all remain and remain at the same time. All educators need to be addressing these. It should not just be for-profit companies and it should not just be the President of the United States. http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2013/07/28/schadenfreude-mooc-not-joy-higher-ed-status-quo