<p>^ I think so, xig… haha!</p>
<p>eDx: Berkeley, MIT and Harvard
Coursera: Duke, Penn, Princeton, furd, Caltech, UCSF, Michigan, UVA, Illinois, Washington, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins, etc.</p>
<p>Race begins I guess.</p>
<p>There’s 118 courses on coursera - more humanities, less hardcore tech right now. I’m just assuming that at some point, someone will need to cost justify this - is online education a PR expense or a revenue stream? Is it a free trial to college ed? Like “hey you liked Intro to Sociology, if you want to get more…sign up for our online certificate program…” Right now, there’s no advertisements and no fees. How long can that be sustained??</p>
<p>Until the profs that originate and monitor the classes want to get paid a fair amount for their time and property.</p>
<p>"I don’t know the difference between EdX and coursera.org "</p>
<p>EdX= non profit
Coursera= for profit</p>
<p>"The most important difference between the two, Mr. Birgeneau said, is that Coursera is a for-profit company, while edX is not for profit. "</p>
<p>[Berkeley</a> to Offer Free Online Classes on EdX - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Berkeley to Offer Free Online Classes on EdX - The New York Times”>Berkeley to Offer Free Online Classes on EdX - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Fwiw, Cal is also a Coursera affiliate, in addition to pushing its own fee-based online program.</p>
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<p>I imagine they won’t start charging until they are sure that they’ve got it right. For now, they are testing all kinds of methods and figuring out logistics. It is a pretty sure bet that when they settle on a system that runs smoothly and can offer college credit for the courses, they will begin charging. Of course, the cost per credit should never come near what a physical university charges.</p>
<p>It can be assumed that some schools will eventually be competing with their physical selves for students, but the train is leaving the station–what else can they do but get on board?</p>
<p>Some community colleges already offer a variety of courses online. Some of them require a student who is basically able to teach themselves the material, but others are set up in such a way that the student is required to do the work online and the program is very interactive and effective in teaching the course material. Some of the classes require some proctored exams. For others, the amount of time needed to do the work online would make it ridiculous for anyone other than the student to do the work themselves. </p>
<p>I’m hoping that universities will adjust their policies about granting credit for these online courses. Some who give dual enrollment credit stipulate that the course must be on campus. As these courses are taught by the professors and monitored, one way or another, I’m hoping that policy will change.</p>