YouTube for MOOCs
Google is teaming up with edX to create a new site that EdX’s president compared to a “YouTube for MOOCs.”
For Google, the partnerships could also be a way of ensuring that a company with its hands in so many sectors of the technology world is not left behind come the MOOC revolution. The company’s blog post on the EdX arrangement implies that Google is not eager to see one big for-profit player hog the field.
