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Can online courses replace a campus education?

Are MOOCs the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise?

08/22/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Can online courses replace a campus education?

Clip: 8/22/2014 | 7m 22s

Are MOOCs the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise?

Massive, open, online courses, or MOOCs, are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created the MOOC, professors who say they undermine the goals of a college education and others who see a way the college classroom and the new online format can be blended.

08/22/2014 | Rating NR

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