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by thomaslangston 5241 days ago
> That is the next battlefront, I think - convincing industries, governments and academia that online education is the way to go.

If the program was an accredited degree, I think it would get us a lot closer. I'm sure that there are some online friendly institutions such as WGU and University of Phoenix who would be interested in offering a low cost CS degree program.
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jonknee 5240 days ago
The University of Phoenix is not interested in anything low cost.
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thomaslangston 5240 days ago
They might be interested in something high margin. See my other comment.
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jeffreymcmanus 5240 days ago
UoP already does quite a bit of online instruction. It's unlikely there's much going on here that they aren't doing already.
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thomaslangston 5240 days ago
The main point is that if they line up credentialing that mirrors Udacity's courses, they can offload the cost of curriculum development and course management and sell the exams and degree, at a substantially higher margin. They can also offer a pure CS degree instead of the IT and MIS degree they currently offer.
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