Dive Summary:

• The faculty at Amherst College voted down a motion to partner with edX and host massive open online courses (MOOCs) through their platform.
• The faculty did, however, approve a motion to increase use of technology in classrooms and to put more courses and course materials online.

From the article:

"... Dean of the Faculty Gregory Call then made a few remarks, stating that edX had recently proposed another option to the faculty regarding its programming, offering a self-supported model, otherwise known as the edX 'beta' MOOC model, as an alternative to their 'supported' MOOC model. This model would allow the College to decide whether or not to offer a certificate the first time each course was offered and would not have to pay edX for the initial beta courses. However, if a course was offered more than once, certificates would be required and the College would still have to create the courses themselves and would get minimal assistance from edX when creating the courses, which would incur infrastructure and staffing costs to the College. This resulted in three options, the edX 'supported' MOOC model, the edX 'beta' MOOC model and the option of the College working to create more open source options itself, all of which would have comparable costs. ..."