Online Learning Update

January 12, 2012

Can Online Learning Meet 21st Century Demands?

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

By Michael W. Massey, Minding the Campus

At a time when higher education is essential for succeeding in a global economy, America finds itself at a crossroad. We have a vast university system that can’t accommodate the demand because the cost is prohibitive. The bricks and mortar campus simply doesn’t scale. The alternative is a disruptive game – changer that requires low investment and self- directed learning. It’s online learning, and it’s growing at warp speed. With a growing amount of the world’s knowledge openly available on the Web and increasing daily, people can access much of it–free. Admissions exams and inconvenient commutes are out-of-date.

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