The flava:Online courses aren’t living up to their promise to disrupt higher education.
That’s one conclusion from a pair of studies released this week analyzing trends and outcomes of different types of online learning opportunities.
The first, which focused on Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, offered by Harvard University and MIT, found that the majority of students taking these courses don’t return after their first year, that participation in the programs is largely concentrated in affluent countries and that the courses’ low completion rate hasn’t budged much in six years.
The second, a review of research on the outcomes of fully-online degree programs, found that on average, these programs have actually contributed to widening educational attainment gaps between well-off and low-income students without improving affordability.
The article:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/read-this-before-signing-up-for-an-online-college-course-2019-01-18
Hey, I recently learned the Python and MATLAB computer languages from a online system. Of course, I wanted to learn Python and MATLAB, because I had an imminent, practical need for them---unlike probably most undergraduates.
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