I’m not sure if Clayton Christensen would agree, but it’s looking like MOOCs are the latest disruptive innovation in education. They’re cheap and currently only serving the fringes of the educational market, but what do you know, the great state of California may be increasing their status on a large scale.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: California’s Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves, but Key Questions Remain Unanswered

“Senate Bill 520, sponsored by State Sen. Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat who is president pro tem of the Senate, calls for establishing a statewide platform through which students who have trouble getting into certain low-level, high-demand classes could take approved online courses offered by providers outside the state’s higher-education system. If the bill is passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, state colleges and universities could be compelled to accept credits earned in massive open online courses, or MOOCs, bringing the controversial courses into the mainstream faster than even their proponents had predicted.”