I've been following classcentral for a few years. They make money from affiliate commissions but as far as I can tell it hasn't stopped them from producing decent quality coverage of the MOOC industry. I like their occasional writeups of new MOOCs coming out though it's been a while since I took one because I'm currently wrapping up a full time masters.
The EdX brand was amazing. It’s sad what it’s become.
I don’t know too much about classcentral but I hope that the blog post was written in the interest of seeing MOOCs thrive.