[cardguy]

Online education is a scam. Since the whole point of education is to get the shiny bauble at the end which you can dangle at job interviews.

Nobody gives a fuck about what you actually learned. It is all about getting your hands on the prize. Preferably from a prestigious college.

http://www.insidehighered.com//blogs/jus...-education

Quote:

Promoters of massive open online courses (Moocs) argue that there is an huge pent-up demand for affordable higher education which colleges cannot meet but Moocs can.

Wrong.

Most people don’t want higher education for its course content. They want the benefits that come bundled up with it, primarily the social networks acquired in college. The elites understand that. Moocs are for the mugs who don’t.