"Meteoric Growth" for Online Ed

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"You're going to have the equivalent of iTunes in higher education, where instead of buying a song for 99 cents, you're going to be able to click on Econ 101 for probably $199 or $399," the governor predicted.

What the teaching company has been doing for ages.

As some said

Personally I find that I learn a lot more when I can study in an environment of my own choosing and creation, get up and take a whiz when I need to, go get a sandwich when I'm hungry, turn on the radio and/or the stereo when the mood strikes, or just blow it off and go work out when I've had enough.

I don't see that my learning experience would be improved at all if I first had to fight traffic, try to find a parking place, wonder if thieves or vandals will select my vehicle for their attention today, dodge proselytes and perverts on the way to class, involuntarily listen to some deviant's political indoctrination disguised as part of the class, sit at a desk designed for a midget, rub elbows and make small talk with people to whom I wouldn't give the time of day otherwise, etc. etc.

Obviously tenured, political hacks don't like it.
I recently downloaded a documentary that to my surprise contained a lot of stale political rhetoric...I just fast forwarded past it. Online education is just like that.
It is a fact that there is very little in matters of Chicano, African, genocide, queer, GLBT, women etc studies in online education, if any at all.
And that crap is what endears one hack to those in power and gives him tenure.