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Technologies like online education would crush the existing education system if the playground is fair. Unfortunately the latter has public funding in it and pr
by glglwty 8y ago
Technologies like online education would crush the existing education system if the playground is fair. Unfortunately the latter has public funding in it and prevents the society from moving forward.
- adamnemecek 8y agoAlso the main students have very little say in this.
- Godel_unicode 8y agoExcept online education is dominated by the existing players, and they are charging the same kind of money you would pay in person. If you're getting a STEM degree especially, Coursera will charge you something like $600/credit. This is because of, wait for it, signaling. You don't actually need all that much education to be an entry level software engineer, especially outside silicon valley. But you do need those letters after your name.
- barry-cotter 8y agoGeorgia Tech On Campus M.Sc. CS $40,000 Georgia Tech Online M.Sc. CS $8,000