Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A new higher education online business model: Open and non-profit - Cate Long, Reuters

Online higher education 1.0 consisted of for-profit and non-profit colleges and universities providing virtual education that mirrored the classroom experience. It also included elite universities like Harvard and MIT providing free classes via YouTube and other platforms with no feedback loop or credentialing process. Online higher education 2.0 will likely see open classes combined with testing and credentialing processes resting on massive open source platforms. Imagine if this sparked a second renaissance for Western education.

http://blogs.reuters.com/muniland/2012/09/15/a-new-higher-education-online-business-model-open-and-non-profit/