Are Micro Community Courses (MiCCs) the future of online education?

What if new technologies could allow us to understand the varied backgrounds, goals, and learning styles of our students—and provide educational material customized to their unique needs? What if we could deliver education to students via on-demand platforms that allowed them to study whenever, wherever, and whatever they desired, instead of requir... See more

Large class live instruction combined with peer group collaboration can lower the price of delivery by an order of magnitude, but is much more engaging than MOOC-style courses.

To summarize: On many MOOC platforms, the dominant learning modality is passive content consumption; there’s no interaction or real community; and there’s no time constraint. All this amounts to a tiny percentage of learners who actually follow through.