The ABCs of MOOCs: what it’s like to enroll

That skill can be sharpened in a variety of ways — essays, class discussions, even short, interpretive questions. But those things weren’t part of my MOOC experience.

It’s an answer traditional colleges might want to keep in mind, as they get more and more questions from parents wondering why they need to spend big money on a true college experience rather than plopping junior down for four years of free MOOCs.