Future Of Free, Open Online College Classes Uncertain - GILLIAN RICH, Investor's Business Daily

A high school student in Nebraska can take a game theory course at Stanford University. A college student in China can take a Introduction to Psychology class from MIT. Both can do so without setting foot in a classroom in Palo Alto, Calif., or Cambridge, Mass. The two colleges are among those that offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Anyone, anywhere can enroll in such courses. In almost all cases they will not, for now, get college credit without a fee, but anyone can take the courses (sans college credit) for free. Observers see MOOCs as a solution as the cost of college education soars beyond the reach of many, but as access to computers and the Internet rises. http://news.investors.com/technology/051013-655667-moocs-on-rise-but-few-grant-college-credits.htm