I like the intro to this article: This Month’s Cato Unbound: The Online Education Revolution

"Only an economy that is constantly in transition can hope to approximate the changing needs and wants of a robust and flourishing society. "

I also just signed up for a course with Marginal Revolution University, now I just need to find the time to take an intro course in economics.

Support For Online Education

Love this.  Been thinking it for the past year ever since I started taking online programming courses.  Thanks for writing something much better than I could have.

Why Online Education Works

by Alex Tabarrok
Lead Essay
November 12th, 2012

"I see three principle advantages to online education, 1) leverage, especially of the best teachers; 2) time savings; 3) individualized teaching and new technologies."