The NY Times continues its blanket coverage of the MOOC phenomenon with a story in today’s business page: “California to give web courses a big trial.”
The interesting subtext in the story is that use of the MOOCs by San Jose State University isn’t an initiative intended to replace regular offerings, but is really an attempt to address inadequacies in high school education in the state. The institution reports that more than 50% of incoming students fail the basic requirements (raising the question why they were admitted in the first place!).