I'm not sure why he would single out the U.K., but OECD Director for Education and Skill Andreas Schleicher "suggested that students at English universities will expect to have much more than online lessons for such high fees." What's interesting is the depiction of what students get in person that they don't get online: "Students go to university to meet great professors, to watch with colleagues, to experience a social life," he said. This tells me that the value proposition has a lot to do with networking opportunities. Universities act (on this model) as a social filter, giving those who can afford the fees the opportunity to get to know each other. That's what those studying online miss out on.
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