An online course costs somewhere between $45k and $400k to produce[1]. UPenn spends about $50k on each Coursera course it puts up (Coursera courses are much mor

An online course costs somewhere between $45k and $400k to produce[1]. UPenn spends about $50k on each Coursera course it puts up (Coursera courses are much more akin to simply videotaping lectures). While Udacity spends about $200k on each course (which are usually of a higher production quality and more interactive), and expects to double that for its Online Masters in CS with Georgia Tech to $400k[2]. EdX supposedly charges universities $250k for design and consulting services for putting together an online course. [1] http://www.educationnews.org/online-schools/moocs-may-be-free-for-students-but-theyre-expensive-for-schools/ http://www.educationnews.org/online-schools/moocs-may-be-fre... [2] http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/ http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/