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It was 2012, and onlinelearning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. And how is edX doing by comparison? Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central.
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The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. Those residential campuses tend to be the ones most resistant to onlinelearning, and the wealthiest tend to retain classic patterns of largely tenure-track faculty. ” (30).
The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. Those residential campuses tend to be the ones most resistant to onlinelearning, and the wealthiest tend to retain classic patterns of largely tenure-track faculty. ” (30).
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