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Coursera’s Collaborative Solution to the Online Education Dilemma

Coursera’s Collaborative Solution to the Online Education Dilemma

Oct-12-12 By Aubree
Collaborative innovation has revolutionized how ideas are produced. One look at the World Wide Web Consortium, or Wikipedia, or NASA should be enough to demonstrate how the synergy of these organized and non-hierarchical groups can break new boundaries and solve incredibly complex problems. The question is: how can private invention utilize collaboration to its benefit?

Coursera, a new collaborative educational platform, is one contemporary example. Though a private company, Coursera has managed to attract a wide range of public institutions to its purpose. Ostensibly, the company aims to provide high-quality education to anyone who wants it, for free – a modest proposal.