As you know, after I started to take online classes, I have been singing the praises of massive open online courses. Just to give you an idea, while we have merely scratched the surface at this time, edX, the nonprofit venture by Harvard and M.I.T hopes to serve a billion students worldwide over the next decade. About 700,000 individuals are using their platform now with more than 900,000 course enrollments. Indeed, the dropout rate is 90%, but over time the attrition should fall and reach should improve. Imagine the power of knowledge to an additional billion people worldwide!
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