MOOCs need more work; so do CS graduates

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Communications of the ACM Volume 57 Issue 1January 2014pp 18–19https://doi.org/10.1145/2555813

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Mark Guzdial assesses the first full year of massive open online courses, while Joel C. Adams considers the employment outlook for CS grads.

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MOOCs need more work; so do CS graduates
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January 2014
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DOI:10.1145/2541883
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