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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