Distance Learning and the University Death Spiral

Coursera, EdX, Kahn Academy, Saylor.org, OpenCourseWare.

All are infinitely scalable, infinitely deployable, and infinitely cheaper alternatives to the bricks-and-mortar learning experience. How, where and who consumes a heretofore inelastic product - education - is being reshaped, unwrung, and disruptively transformed in ways not seen since the inventi…