Prof. John Covach captured questioning the value of mainstream pop in one of his MOOC lectures on the History of Rock.
Interesting observations by University of Rochester professor John Corvach about his experience of preparing and presenting his History of Rock MOOC which I am currently enrolled on via Coursera.
He sees these online courses as complementing rather than competing with the frontal lessons he gives to non-virtual classes.
He writes: “My experience has caused me to stop thinking of the MOOC as an alternative to the traditional college course. It is rather something like a very organized series of public lectures based on the structure of a college course.
