{"182241":{"#nid":"182241","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on MOOCs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere \u0022appears to be some truth to the idea that, as Georgia Tech professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bogost\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has put it, MOOCs [massive online open courses] are just marketing\u0026nbsp;for elite colleges. In total, 43 percent of administrators said they thought the courses could attract new students. Around 60 percent thought so at the largest schools.\u0022 Bogost is a professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2013\/01\/colleges-are-warming-up-to-online-learning-teachers-are-not\/266947\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/a\u003E, January 9, 2013; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/01\/inequality-in-american-education-will-not-be-solved-online\/267189\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/a\u003E, January 16, 2013\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2013-01-10 10:22:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:12","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2013\/01\/colleges-are-warming-up-to-online-learning-teachers-are-not\/266947\/","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}