Professors Have Taken Over the MOOCs - Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

We need to revise our thinking about MOOCs. The old story was that MOOCs are just another overhyped educational technology, one more example of interests outside of the academy (investors, technologists) seeking to “disrupt college” without any true understanding of how higher education actually works. The new MOOC story may be about the professors. This is a narrative of energy and enthusiasm to create and teach open online courses that is coming from the professors themselves, as opposed to the institutions in which they work. Professors, it turns out, love what they teach about and research. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/professors-have-taken-over-moocs