(2 May 2014) MOOC providers went head-to-head with developing world academics at the ‘Going Global’ conference in Miami over the opportunities and threats posed by massive open online courses, reports Karen MacGregor in University World News Global Edition. South African Vice-chancellor Adam Habib called for a conversation on how “to use innovation in a way that supports the global academy of commons rather than simply advancing the individual aspirations of institutions”.
Read what both sides have to say.