A person with a strong grasp of the subjects described therein would have excellent foundational knowledge. I would say that you're right! These days it's easi

A person with a strong grasp of the subjects described therein would have excellent foundational knowledge. I would say that you're right! These days it's easier to access all the required instructional material for foundational knowledge outside a university. I would also say that this has probably been true for multiple decades. I would say that a list of MOOC courses is possibly not the same as a strong grasp of core materials, however. Such a curriculum, while strong at first blush, likely suffers from many of the flaws of self-directed learning. It is perhaps not access to information or instructional material that is the problematic part of the educational process.