How to Make Online Courses Massively Personal - Peter Norvig, Scientific American

Educators have known for 30 years that students perform better when given one-on-one tutoring and mastery learning—working on a subject until it is mastered, not just until a test is scheduled. Success also requires motivation, whether from an inner drive or from parents, mentors or peers. Will the rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) quash these success factors? Not at all. In fact, digital tools offer our best path to cost-effective, personalized learning. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-make-online-courses-massively-personal-peter-norvig