I was definitely not talking about MOOCs, which have been a failure across the US in many cases with 5% of students finishing the class. I was talking about all of the talk at UVa in 2013 about switching the large lectures to hybrid classes, with students watching the prof’s lectures outside of the classroom and then class time being used much more productively for questions and active discussions. It was intended to get away from the 400 to 600 person straight lecture classes. I don’t know how much it was implemented, but it appears it is not being as widely used as was discussed at the time.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/teaching-resource-center-offers-support-redesigning-courses
https://news.virginia.edu/content/speakers-flipping-classroom-powerful-teaching-tool-not-quick-fix
As an example, Spanish 1010 at UVa is described a hybrid class.
“This is a technology-enhanced language course in which students will complete online activities on Connect on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of attending class all five days of the week. Students should expect an average of 1-2 hours of online homework 5 days a week, plus an extra hour of work that substitutes for class time each on Tuesday/ Thursday. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice.”