Josh Dean at Popular Science has a new article entitled “How Much Can You Really Learn With a Free Online Education?” The article describes Dean’s efforts in taking MIT OCW courses that were of interest to him, and his frustrations with the experience. In fairness, Dean never purchased the textbook for the class. From the article:
“You know where we’re heading with this,” says Shigeru Miyagawa, who believes that OCW has enriched current students and faculty, enhanced MIT’s reputation as an institution at the forefront of innovation, and provided an invaluable opportunity to show off its smarts to those prospective geniuses that top schools fight for.
Thanks to Neil Allison on Twitter for the link.
