The Revolution Continues...

Coursera, big producers of MOOC's (Massive Online Open Courses) has an interesting strategy as reported in today's Wall Street Journal and locally in the Tennessean where a pilot program involving many of the UT and Board of Regent's schools will be launched this fall.

We're seeing the emergence of a revolution in education.  Changes in technology prompt such revolutions and revolutions imply the need to adjust and adapt.  Interestingly, though not surprisingly, the article in the Tennessean includes this...

The classes offered in Tennessee will cost the same as any other class and are open only to those enrolled in the schools offering the courses.

Why not then just go with this model that is far less expensive?