‘They need not be seen as competitors to them traditional lectures unless the classes are truly of a nature—because of the topic, because of the methodology—that they really don’t need in-person gatherings to do anything,’ says Professor Zittrain. ‘I would think studying for the American bar exam where you’re just trying to figure out a bunch of multiple choice questions, that’s the kind of thing that might well suit itself to a MOOC and there shouldn’t be any in-person classes. But a standard law school class bears very little relation to preparing for that exam, and instead is kind of having the students apprenticed to a set of skills. So for the humanities and for law, it may be harder to do a MOOC that is self-contained.’

via MOOCs: The future of education or mere marketing? – Future Tense – ABC Radio National Australian Broadcasting Corporation.