Recently Vice-Chancellor’s were surveyed re: changes in Higher Education, and re MOOCs:
On Moocs, it adds: “Sector leaders are unimpressed by predictions that online alternatives will sweep away conventional providers of higher education, expressing confidence in the resilience of the established system to embrace and adapt to new ways of working.”
Read full article, whilst others say that MOOCs are but a distraction, whilst Martin Bean (behind Futurelearn) seeks to rebrand those who drop-out of the courses.