[MisterOctober]

I agree that there's a lot of shaky assertions made about this pedagogical method. From my own perspective, though, on-demand courses like on udemy essentially solve all the problems I hated about classes for my brick-and-mortar university degree. To wit :

1) No distracting interruptions from self-absorbed students asking 'questions' [more often than not, really just statements] that would have better have been reserved for after class / office hours

2) Prof / TA doesn't show up drunk and disorganized

3) If you miss something while taking notes, no sweat -- just rewind and listen again! As a copious note-taker, this is huge for me.

4) Flexible class times keep me much more healthy [can get sleep when needed, etc]

5) No travel time, finding a seat, wanting to talk to a girl instead of focus on lecture, etc etc with all the frustrations / inconveniences that are just not there in online courses

I could rattle on a lot more, but ca suffit for now