The future of the massive online open course | Fiona Hollands | TEDxTeachersCollege

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Are MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) really more cost effective? Are they democratizing education? Fiona Hollands, Associate Director at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College, assesses the current state of MOOCs to determine their potential impact on higher education.

Fiona Hollands is Associate Director at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Hollands' work has centered on applying the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis to educational programs, with the aim of demonstrating how policymakers can optimize the use of resources in education. Hollands has conducted a study of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to understand the goals of institutions who are developing and delivering these courses, their costs and impact on educational outcomes, and expectations for whether and how this phenomenon may change the landscape of learning.

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[mcmathchannel]

Several relevant points were made that people working in education can relate to. There are specialized fields of study that MOOCs cannot replace, but there are certainly a lot of gaps that MOOCs can fill. I believe foundation courses at college can easily be replaced by MOOCs, if they can be accredited. For people to be successful and to stay successful lifelong learning is no longer just a trendy term, but it has become a necessity. For practical and financial reasons MOOC's can make this a reality.

[_prathameshzore]

In 2020 and from now on MOOC or very precisely online learning is the new and what it seems to be only way to provide education. Atleast in 2020 it was an only way.