I just came across a useful article by William Fenton in PC Mag, reflecting on future trends in online education in light of happenings at the recent Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning-organized Learning With MOOCs II conference: “Online Education: The Year Ahead”
While the article has helpful summaries of topics and trends (as well as several useful links), I found his observation at the end, about the absence of adjunct faculty in conference discussions, to be particularly interesting/concerning, especially considering the trends toward the down-scaling, diffusion, and continuing hybridization of online/offline learning technologies and practices that he points out.