Will Online Education Replace College? - 3 views
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Steve Meyer on 30 Mar 12Will great free courses drive down applications to places like Stanford? That's doubtful. It's more likely that these offerings will help build a stronger university brand. Writing about the success of a Stanford online computer science course in the Wall Street Journal, Holly Finn implies that free Web-based education is about to or should replace elite universities: It's a thrilling collegiate coup.
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Roberta Wheeler on 30 Mar 12This was really interesting...there are so many free online courses. The issue seems to be quality and accreditation.