How will MOOCs fit into academic plans and support?

Todd Bloom, chief academic officer at Hobsons, an education company, guest blogs on LearnMoreMN about what could be a challenging new responsibility for those schools using Massive Open Online Courses:

As institutions find creative ways to use MOOCs to broaden educational opportunities for all students, colleges and universities need to go a step beyond putting in place a credentialing process. Students in MOOCs need the same support as traditional students in developing an academic roadmap.

Read his full piece here.

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