The article made me think about home schooling. Some home schooling is done for religious reasons, but other home school is motivated by academic concerns. Ther

The article made me think about home schooling. Some home schooling is done for religious reasons, but other home school is motivated by academic concerns. There is not so much of the second kind because it raises an awkward question: how is the parent to do better than school at teaching a subject about which they themselves are ignorant? Enter the MOOC. The content is available, at a level and pace to suit a child. The stay-at-home parent can learn along, providing the child with both guidance and flesh-and-blood encouragement on learning and learning to learn. I anticipate that MOOC will change the balance in home schooling with a big expansion of the academically motivated aspects.