Until then, MOOCs are a minefield. To the tech companies pushing MOOC, solve those problems first.
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@randymarchany Maybe it's not the MOOC provider's responsibility to vet the students. Employers must still verify capabilities of new hires.
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@hal_pomeranz No one except EDUs are worried about verification. Solve authentication problem then do MOOCs not the other way around.
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@randymarchany That sounds like an excuse not to do MOOCs emanating from an entrenched special interest group...

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@hal_pomeranz Dude, u know me better than that. :-) EDUs been online for decades now. We want to do MOOC. Imagine cheating scandal....
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@hal_pomeranz because we didn't solve the verification issue. How to verify 150K ids when they're all over the world?
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@randymarchany I don't think you can. Suggest two tiers: course for credit requires (onerous) verification, anybody else can audit for NC.
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@hal_pomeranz Have taught online courses for 13 years. Always worried about how to verify student did the hmwk. SANS vLive has same prob.
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@hal_pomeranz GIAC requires u to go to testing centers for exams. Do that for MOOCs? if so, buy stock in testing centers....:-)