The article makes it sound like he gave up real quick. That he wrote class materials at a level above where the actual students were and instead of adjusting to their level for the next semester, he just threw up his hands in frustration.
Thanks, I saw the link to it and didn't realize it was current, I thought it was just background on Udacity before this pivot. I probably should have submitted that link instead.
Sure, the article doesn't mention it but there has been other revelations of MOOCs as not being a silver bullet or what they were hyped to be, not just Udacity.
Is there more to the story?