Our View: Senate bill aims for good online learning classes - the Merced Sun-Star

The latest frontier in higher education -- online courses -- offers promise for widening access to knowledge. In California, done right, online courses can help reduce failure rates in entry-level courses, reduce bottlenecks in access to classes, reach people who are place-bound and spread unique courses offered on particular California campuses statewide. However, in the new world where for-profit firms offer "massive open online courses," or MOOCs, our public colleges and universities need rigorous standards to make sure online educa- tion doesn't become a newfangled equivalent to "correspondence school" diploma mills. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/03/25/2901348/our-view-senate-bill-aims-for.html