Morning Must-Read: Diane Coyle: How Technology Will Disrupt Education–and How It Won’t

…MOOCs have not yet lived up to their original expectations…. Yet, having observed the capacity of the web to torpedo the existing structure and distribution of profits in one industry after another since the mid-1990s, it’s certain education will not remain unchanged. But if not MOOCs, what?…

Reputation [is] an important selling point in the higher education market. Excellent courses contribute to an institution’s reputation, but do not define it. The quality and profile of the research… social status and success of its students matter at least as much…. Does this mean higher education will be immune from digital disruption? Of course not…. Work out which tasks performed by universities can be substituted for by online technologies, and which are complements to them…