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From www.information-age.com - January 2, 2019 11:59 AM

In this piece, Nigel Smith of The Open University-owned FutureLearn, reflects on digital transformation in education over the past six years since MOOCs (massive open online courses) first burst onto the scene

 

There is no choice but to innovate in scaling the supply of education. Otherwise, people desperate to learn are excluded.

Digital transformation has had a huge impact on the education sector. Six years ago ‘MOOCs’ (Massive Open Online Courses) became a buzzword with the New York Times going so far as to say 2012 was “the year of the MOOC.”