Jul 25 2012: I like what your thinking here, and I'm a great proponent of free (or cheap) education. With limited government funding, uni's and colleges need to make money, they need to pay the staff to develop the online courses, staff to manage the courses as well as provide resources.
How about the learning is free, but there is a nominal charge to mark a piece of coursework, or personal tutoring. If the core learning is online and free, but the extras are just that, extra and charged, could it work???
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How about the learning is free, but there is a nominal charge to mark a piece of coursework, or personal tutoring. If the core learning is online and free, but the extras are just that, extra and charged, could it work???
looking forward to hearing others ideas....