MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are the educational buzzword of 2012. Media frenzy surrounds them and commercial interests have moved in. Sober analysis is overwhelmed by apocalyptic predictions that ignore the history of earlier educational technology fads. https://www.roneverhart.com/Pitkin-Ave-east-toward-Stone-Avenue-Brownsville-Mother-Gaston-Blvd-1964/