Beyond MOOCs: Is IT Creating a New, Connected Age?

     Before reading this article, I had no idea what a MOOC was or especially what Beyond MOOC's stood for. After doing a little of my own research, to better understand the article, I found out that MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Classroom. This meaning that for a small price students could join this classrooms for their learning. The article about Beyond MOOC's talks about furthering the idea of MOOC's. They talk about them in the sense of using them for businesses, and ultimately broadening the secondary education experience. I however, do not like the sound of these MOOC's. I honestly do not like online classes what so ever. With my major, I have to take several online courses, and for me that's a several too many. I do not get the learning experience that I receive in a good ole fashioned classroom, with a teacher and your peers. I understand that these MOOC's mean a low priced alternative for people who may not can afford the traditional standard education, but I just do not learn anything from my online classes and they are not nearly as broad and general as some MOOC's. I just do not see how someone could trust the education and learning outcomes from classes like these. I will not try to say that I pay attention like I should in my online classes, but that is because there is no one in front of me or around me making me do so. I do not trust MOOC's in getting a secondary education, but maybe for other things besides college courses it could be useful.