“Alternative providers and platforms such as Khan Academy, TED, and the Mises Academy are offering modular, flexible, and specialized alternatives to the medieval model that continues to dominate the establishment universities. And everyone is talking about MOOCs, ‘Massively Online Open Courses,’ offered by standalone firms or in partnerships with established universities. Lately some traditional universities have been trying a new strategy. An article Slate describes this trend, focusing on a ‘flipped’ model in which students watch lectures at home, online, and do problems and exercises in class, with the help of instructors and classmates.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/peter-klein/universities-are-terrified/

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