In several ways, it is a game changer.
A person could take these on-line classes to understand the material, then take the class for credit. Or, after having taken the class for credit, a student can than take the online courses to strengthen his understanding of the material. No need to pay for classes twice.
By creating non-credited courses now, it could eventually lead to taking online courses for credit, as educators figure an effective means to teaching the course online.
If you have a hobby interest, it also means you don’t have to pay for courses of your interest, since you’re only doing it for a hobby.
If it becomes the preferred method of teaching, MIT or whomever, could pay world class teachers to produce videos that would be accessible for everybody. In otherwords, it would allow everybody to have the same level of elite education and everybody’s ability to become educated becomes less of a matter of how wealthy or connected you are, but more on your personal motivation and ability.
That’s just off the top of my head.
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At the moment we are a bit short handed but we're catching up fast.
Watch advertising on TV for a good taste of where we are going.
It might also become a backdoor recruitment channel for undiscovered brainiacs worldwide.