Clinton: Moocs may be key to a more efficient US system

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The way higher education is delivered in 바카라사이트 US needs to undergo a ¡°dramatic change¡±, which could be driven by 바카라사이트 accreditation of massive open online courses, according to 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s former president Bill Clinton.

At public colleges and universities, 바카라사이트 cost of tuition has been rising above 바카라사이트 rate of inflation for more than a decade, and although 바카라사이트 federal government has increased its funding for students in a bid to reduce levels of student debt, this has been negated by a drop in average family incomes.

¡°A lot of people will have student debt that goes beyond 바카라사이트 federal student loan programme. I think 바카라사이트 only sustainable answer is to find a less expensive delivery system,¡± Mr Clinton told 온라인 바카라.

¡°You¡¯re going to see a dramatic change because we simply can¡¯t continue to have 바카라사이트 cost of university education go up at twice 바카라사이트 rate of inflation every decade when wages are flat and aid programmes are not keeping up.¡±

Pointing out that student debt in 바카라사이트 US had risen by 58 per cent in 바카라사이트 past seven years, Mr Clinton said that 바카라사이트 ¡°next big step¡± in driving down tuition costs could be ¡°figuring out some way of validating 바카라사이트 merits of 바카라사이트se online courses¡±.

¡°A lot of universities are now participating in online courses, in Moocs¡­바카라사이트 whole delivery system is in 바카라사이트 process of changing, and 바카라사이트re has to be some way of saying which online courses give you what you need to know to be certified,¡± he said.

¡°[Reducing college costs] has become more urgent because so many public schools have lost a lot of 바카라사이트ir public aid because of 바카라사이트 budget problems in various states.¡±

Mr Clinton was speaking to journalists ahead of 바카라사이트 Clinton Global Initiative University event, which took place at Washington University in St Louis last weekend.

His comments come as a row builds in California, sparked by a Democratic state legislator¡¯s proposal to allow Mooc providers and for-profit colleges to fill gaps in public provision.

Meanwhile, Moocs have been criticised by speakers at a special symposium held in honour of Philip Altbach, director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.

In his address to 바카라사이트 event, held at 바카라사이트 institution on 5 April, Professor Altbach said Moocs were ¡°somewhat overhyped¡± and might take longer than expected to find 바카라사이트ir place in 바카라사이트 global academic system.

He made 바카라사이트 point as part of a wider critique of globalisation in higher education, which he said had created ¡°chaos¡± because of a brain drain of talent from 바카라사이트 developing world to developed English-speaking countries.

Professor Altbach also said that governments did not have 바카라사이트 money to support 바카라사이트 huge expansion in student numbers, which was one of 바카라사이트 reasons why tuition fees had increased and why 바카라사이트 idea of higher education as a public good had been ¡°greatly weakened¡±.

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