[YEP-DC] New Recess blog post: How (and How Not To) Hate on MOOCs

Recess blogger CJ Libassi is back, talking about MOOCs:

"I've written before (a bit grumpily) about all of the hype around MOOCs. I tend to think that the narrative of an inevitable march toward MOOC disruption is overblown. But a few recent developments (and an unrelenting amount of punditry on the topic) have been a bit frustrating to me. To my mind, there are good reasons to criticize the educational value that MOOCs provide and to doubt the prospect that they might totally upend the higher education world, but far too often those good reasons are ignored for a much less rigorous focus on why MOOCs are bad for college professors. 

Take, for example, ..."

Read the rest here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2013/08/how-and-how-not-to-hate-on-moocs.html 

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