Dive Brief:
- Even as overall skepticism about MOOCs grows, the online learning model is getting increased attention from business programs.
- Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and MIT are all experimenting with MOOCs for their business programs.
- One possible reason for the big-name business schools' experiments with MOOCs: Many sat out the earlier waves of online programs for fear of being lumped in with less prestigious schools.
Dive Insight:
There is still the credentialing problem, of course. As the dean of Arizona State University's business school told Businessweek: "Unless there becomes some widespread acceptance from employers that the collection of expertise from MOOCs is equivalent to a business degree, I don’t see them as competitive."