Inside Higher Ed published an article today, titled “Free MOOCs Face The Music”, about edX quietly adding support fees for many of their courses. Dhawal Shah and I both commented that we were not surprised by the move.
Writing about the introduction of the fee, Dhawal Shah, founder and CEO of Class Central, a review site for online courses, said the announcement was the latest in a phenomenon he termed “the shrinking of free.” Regardless of MOOC provider — be it edX, Coursera, Udacity or FutureLearn — “all have cut back on what was originally free in MOOCs.”
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https://mindwires.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/edtech50.jpg5050Phil Hillhttps://mindwires.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/mindwireslrg-whitepad.pngPhil Hill2018-06-15 00:00:002020-11-20 13:46:33Revisiting 2012 Post on Barriers That MOOCs Would Face