By Derek Thompson, the Atlantic
“We should focus on having at least one great course online for each subject rather than lots of mediocre courses,” Bill Gates wrote in his 2010 annual letter for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The appeal is obvious and nearly universal. At a time when states are looking to cut spending on higher ed, and aspiring students are looking for great deals on quality college education, a downloadable one-size-fits-all course on, say, psychology would replace the need for expensive instruction. So why isn’t Prof. Randall Stross nervous about being replaced by a piece of software?
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