Good post by Martin Weller on possible scenarios for the development of MOOCs. I say, this is what MOOCs should be even in the current state of affairs.
The Ed Techie: If education were free, what would MOOCs be?
Here’s a thought experiment, if there were no students fees and higher education were free, what would that do to MOOCs? I mean, obviously it’ll never happen… oh, wait, Germany just abolished student fees. Yeah, but what do they know…