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09 April, 2014

Jim Barber believes many campuses will simply lose their customers — students and industry — if massive open online courses, or MOOCs, morph into a product that offers engaging online education at a cut price, and credentials accepted by employers. And he sees Australia’s universities as captives of a risk-averse culture, looking the wrong way, fixated on the recruitment of ­locals for courses that offer little choice

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/unis-spooked-by-mooc-wave-says-exune-vicechancellor-jim-barber/story-e6frgcjx-1226878120336#