Making higher education more flexible through MOOCs: Disruption or integration?

The emergence of MOOCs and private-sector MOOC providers has led to the emergence of an expectation that traditional higher education would be disrupted, similar to the taxi industry. The prerequisites for participation in higher education have been reduced to the existence of an Internet connection. However, MOOC providers soon realized that flexibility and low costs were not enough to compete with higher education. Therefore, to date, MOOCs must be considered a failure, especially when measured against the goal of disrupting traditional higher education. This is why MOOC providers are reorienting themselves towards continuing education and thus towards people with university diplomas.