tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post8633490328849597340..comments2024-03-28T04:04:55.806-07:00Comments on Faculty of Language: More on MOOCsNorberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15701059232144474269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post-13714803792183088642013-08-01T04:34:59.308-07:002013-08-01T04:34:59.308-07:00If they think they can get decent ones for $15K a ...If they think they can get decent ones for $15K a pop they're deluded.<br />http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20130728,0,2408536.column<br />Teams of dedicated amateurs and retired professional s would surely pull ahead in the long run.<br /><br />Making things accessible to really smart and determined poor people in remote places is a likely positive effect. Correspondence courses were a pre-MOOC fad from the 20's iirc, but my late father in law used them to go from truck driver to mechanical engineer in the 50s.Avery Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034668191422056722noreply@blogger.com