Turn On, Log In and Graduate: Online Solutions to Student Debt Crisis - Nico Mele, Huffington Post

Meanwhile, online learning is exploding in its depth, variety, and accessibility, in part due to the proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's). You can actually take an MIT course online for free on the EdX website or a Stanford class at no cost by logging on Coursera. In the world of lecture halls and dorms, four years at MIT will run you about a quarter of a million dollars. Granted, online coursework may not look as good on a resume as a diploma, but this could be changing. While unemployment rates remain higher for non-graduates than for graduates, most can agree that a traditional college degree no longer confers the same benefit it once did. As Caryn McTighe Musil of the American Association of Colleges and Universities has said, "A bachelor's is what a high school diploma used to be." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicco-mele/online-classes_b_2964281.html