MIT for the masses? Elite universities transform online education with free cyber courses http://t.co/BQd7XW9S
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered
its first free online course this spring, Ashwith Rego jumped at the
chance to learn from some of the world’s leading researchers — without
leaving his home in India.
Besides potential cost savings, the new generation of online classes
can change how students learn on campus by relieving professors of
lecturing duties and freeing up more time for research and discussion
with students.
“It’s going to transform the work of professors,” said William Tierney,
a higher education expert at the University of Southern California.
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