udacity - online education

http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/06/05/udacity-sebastian-thrun-disrupting-higher-education/?utm+campaign=forbespicks%3Dforbespicks&google_editors_picks=true

i think it's a pretty cool idea...no reason why university level education should cost $30k a year and be limited to a small group with all the internet technology available now...there are a couple major issues that the article mentions like cheating and grading...another one i would think would be a problem is credibility...online education is still considered inferior to in-class instruction...the lectures are the same since they're recorded, but students in a real university setting interact and learn from professors, TA's, and other students...online students would miss out on a lot of that...still a very good idea to make education more accessible

http://www.udacity.com/