Georgia Tech, top 10 in CS, to offer $6,000 masters degree online

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<p>Georgia</a> Tech?s Computer Science MOOC: The super-cheap master?s degree that could change American higher education. - Slate Magazine</p>

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Georgia Institute of Technology is about to take a step that could set off a broad disruption in higher education: It’s offering a new master’s degree in computer science, delivered through a series of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for $6,600.

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But, he warns, if Georgia Tech doesn’t do this someone else might come along and do it first—grabbing the notoriety, the students, and the revenue. “There is a revolution. I want to lead it, not follow it,” he says.

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