I think this is the wave of the future. I would like to see them put all possible classes online free of charge. To get credit you would have to go to your university and pay to get tested. Save the going away to school for the classes that require lab time and more complex studies. It is senseless to pay tuition for basic courses.
Basic courses in college these days are bonehead English and bonehead math for those that failed to grasp them in high school.
Students should be able to sue their high schools if they need to take the courses in college.
That’s exactly where it is headed, just so you know.
Whole ball of wax.
I got excited, and predicted, that the ability to learn at home would become available way back before the Internet and DVD's. I was excited that vhs tapes could provide classes - then along came the Internet. Best thing for education ever to come down the pike.
Of course the government will hamper it anyway they can. They lose power, money and the ability to brainwash.
But it WILL prevail.
I also think this is the wave of the future. My son JUST TODAY, is starting his first of two on-line classes offered in his High School. He is the first, and so far only, student in the entire school to take advantage of this. I use the Khan Academy extensively, which I found out about right here at Free Republic!