Eclectic Technology

"Earlier this month, education bigwigs Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology entered what New York Times Reporter Tamar Lewin referred to as an “academic Battle of the Titans,” after announcing their newest partnership, edX, which allows people all over the world to take free online courses offered by both universities."
This article looks at two issues "What is the value?" and “A Moral Obligation" referring to the article that was published in the New York Times 'Room for Debate" that discussed this issue. One quote from the article:
"It is a moral obligation to educate the billions of people in this world who are intellectually starved through no fault of their own."
Will this partnership change the way we view higher education? Will taking online courses provide the same education that one would receive attending in person?

If Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, needed a higher education, he certainly would sign up for edX, the new 60 million dollar, collaborative learning platform proposed by Harvard and MIT.

"edX, is taking a different approach to changing the world through online education – they are going to study it and learn from it as they try to change it."