Stanford Professors: "MOOCs have not lived up to the hype"
Massive online classes for virtually everyone were supposed to change the world of education, but it hasn't worked out that way yet, say three Stanford professors who have been involved since the beginning. Nonetheless, the techniques developed for online learning could still lead to great advances in how students learn, both online and in conventional classrooms. The main problems are that completion rates remain low, MOOC offerings from major universities don’t necessarily have any more success than private companies, and many of the courses are simply too hard for people who do not have a solid educational background. As a result, despite the dream of education for all, most MOOC graduates remain tertiary-educated men.

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