By Patrick Arden, Village Voice
Taking classes by computer has become common at many community colleges, and today, most universities offer some online courses. Elite schools like NYU and Columbia have remained reluctant to award online bachelor’s degrees, but that has started to change during hard times: Online courses can be more cheaply produced than traditional classroom offerings. But knotty problems remain for online education. Dropout rates are higher than in traditional courses, and educators have struggled to ensure that long-distance students don’t cheat on exams. Students have raised other concerns, from fair tuition costs to the perceived inferior quality of online coursework.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-08-10/news/online-education-s-net-worth/1/
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