On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Chuck Grimes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Of course. I have no idea how this contract  bullshit got started. Big
> education system like the State College and University of California
> already
> have the equipment and facilities to do their own damn videos. I am pretty
> sure some prof already have their lectures recorded and put them up for
> class use.
>



In other words, in Silicon Valley VC-speak: "what is the value-add
proposition" of these for-profit companies in creating and distributing
MOOCs? I don't think they have much to offer, which is why they are likely
doomed as business ventures.

The Harvard/MIT/Berkeley non-profit EdX is an attempt by these institutions
to do exactly what you suggest: cut out the middle man and make their own
damn videos.
-raghu.
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