October 23, 2015
KNEW:
'This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it' : Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans to close seven of nine regional centres in England amid competition from free online courses such as Moocs (Harriet Swain, 20 October 2015, The Guardian)
When the Open University announced last month that it would be closing seven of its nine regional centres in England, it said it was a response to the changing demands of students, rather than funding. [...]But, as a leader in distance learning, the university is also vulnerable to the seismic changes brought about by technology. "The OU is struggling to find its place in a world that has moved on," says Mike Boxall, higher education expert at PA Consulting Group. "Most universities now have substantial online offerings, especially in business and areas like that. [The OU] haven't got the field to themselves in the way they had."
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 23, 2015 10:57 AM
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