Jeff Young on Pop-Up Learning: The Future of MOOCs and Online Education
Channel: The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Date: 03/04/2014

After months of hype and hope about MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, one thing is clear: they aren't very good at teaching those most in need of education. Instead, they're serving the education "haves": About 80 percent of people taking MOOCs already have a college degree. But free online courses may still spark an education revolution, in ways that their biggest proponents hadn't guessed. In this talk Jeff Young -- editor and writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Berkman Fellow -- takes a closer look at who is taking MOOCs and why, and examines how free courses fit into broader Internet trends.