Revisiting a 2012 classic: Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?
theanonymousone · hn · 2026-10-17
HN resurfaces the 2012 CACM opinion piece 'Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?', a classic examination of how massive open online courses threatened to reshape teaching, faculty roles, and the value of degrees. Reading it now, amid AI's disruption of education, offers a useful case study in which predictions came true and which fizzled.
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