I don't think a benefit of a MOOC is democratized access to the world's top educators. I think that the same level of education is available online, and it is a

I don't think a benefit of a MOOC is democratized access to the world's top educators. I think that the same level of education is available online, and it is already democratized. The critical component is someone putting together the order in which you learn it. Perhaps that requires top educators, but I don't think it really does. What MOOCs do that really benefits me is removes the wasted time of discovery with an ordered process that makes sense. My daughter does Khan Academy. The information she is learning isn't particularly novel, however the order and structure is. That's the key. Google searching for the same topics will get you great information as well, but you need to know what to search for. You need to include that search time through each part. You need to filter out bad material. That's my view at least.