The largest university system in the world has suspended a bold experiment in massively open online course (MOOC) education, after disappointing student outcomes. Last January, San Jose State University announced a partnership with online course startup, Udacity, to offer super-low cost remedial college courses to the masses. Unfortunately, the Wall Street Journal reports that pass rates for the courses were between 20% to 44%, well below the 75% typical of traditional courses.
San Jose State's Bold Experiment In Online Ed Disappoints, Suspends Pilot With Udacity
Gregory Ferenstein, TechCrunch
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 9:47am
Topics: january san jose state university wall street journal sjsu harvard mit s edx in part udacity s wsj san jose it s in udacity udacity pilot bold experiment online ed students education courses rates outcomes success disappointing failed attributed student joint remedial regular pass class matriculated differences
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