Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, were once touted as an “education revolution.” But today, few people working in academia believe their growth can — or should — continue unchecked.
According to a recent study by the Babson Survey Research Group, only 26 percent of academic leaders believed in 2012 that MOOCs were unsustainable. By 2014, 50.8 percent of them believed the same, while only 16 percent believed the courses were sustainable.
The study also indicated that the percentage of universities with MOOCs has plateaued at about 14 percent.