These slides are about MOOCS - Massive Open Online Courses-- the free courses offered today, making a great deal of the content of higher education free available to anyone with an internet connection and the desire to learn. What challenges and opportunities do they present for "For Profit" education and are they likely to revolutionize the landscape of higher education?

1. THE MASSIVE GROWTH SPURT
IN MOOCS:
Presented by Rathi Krishnan – June 2013
What Challenges and Opportunities Do They Present for “For Profit” Education?

2. Massive Open Online Course(s)
Originated in 2008 with the Open Education Resources Movement (OER)
(Open Educational Resource, Hewlett Foundation)

3. Use of Connectivism
Which emphasizes learning taking place in a social and cultural context with
the infusion of work / life experience (Downes, 2011)

4. The Cost of Higher Education
A gallon of gas would cost $13 today if gas prices
had risen as much as college prices since 1980!
The average for all grades for the
U.S. in 1980 was $1.22/gallon
GASOLINE

5. The Cost of Higher Education
2.25 million students signed up for the free MOOCS from
Udacity, Coursera, and edX in 2012

6. Some Common Perceptions
44% of students believed that their post secondary
education improved their employment opportunities.
48% of high school graduates did
not pursue higher education
because the cost was prohibitive.
80 % of adults with children under the age
of 18 say that it is extremely likely that
their children will go to college.
Only 9% of parents with children under
18 say that the current state of higher
education in America is “excellent.”

7. Challenges & Opportunities
The dropout rate in MOOCS
What MOOCS accomplish
How MOOCS change the landscape of higher education
Are MOOCs profitable?

8. MOOCs & the Flipped Classroom
How does the flipped classroom model benefit the new MOOCs model?
Can student engagement and interaction thrive with the MOOCs model?
The Traditional Classroom
Teacher’s Role: Sage on the Stage
The Flipped Classroom
Teacher’s Role: Guide on the Side
The flipped classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction
online outside of class and moving “homework” into the classroom.

9. Future Possibilities
Do MOOCs signal a trend in higher education away from degree programs requiring
students to pay tuition, to the accessibility of
free resources that provide proof of completion and mastery of content
as being the requisite outcome necessary in today’s workplace?
Is self-paced learning truly successful?

10. References
Powerpoint Slides for this presentation prepared by Marjorie Sabnis.
The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
Horacio Reyes. "History of a revolution in e-learning". Revista Educacion Virtual.
Retrieved Aug 10, 2012.
Downes, Stephen "'Connectivism' and Connective Knowledge", Huffpost
Education, January 5, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011
^ Kop, Rita "The challenges to connectivist learning on open online networks: Learning
experiences during a massive open online course", International Review of Research in
Open and Distance Learning, Volume 12, Number 3, 2011, accessed November
22nd, 2011
"Open Educational Resources". The William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation. Retrieved 27

11. Questions & Discussion
The future of online degree programs.
The demands of the job market on higher education.

12. To Teach is to Learn
To Learn is to Teach

13. THE END