Assault on Online Learning? Not Really.
Bill Tucker,
The Quick,
Oct 16, 2009
There are criticisms, not at all surprisingly, that the Obama government's investment in open course content endangers private industry. Rick Hess, writing for the National Review Online, says, "It is not clear what problem the administration is seeking to solve. The kinds of online courses that the administration is calling for already exist, and are offered by an array of publishers and public and private institutions…. However, once the Department of Education is sponsoring a freely available course financed with taxpayer funds, it will be difficult for any but the most expensive or distinctive institutions or providers to justify paying for an alternative offering."
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