[danielharan]

Pitting online courses against one-on-one sessions with good professors is great if you have that privilege.

I'm currently in Nepal, where I have spent some time teaching kids QBasic, one on one, so they can pass their grade 10 school leaving exam.

You read that right: QBasic. The curriculum and pedagogy here is so ancient, most students would be vastly better off learning from Khan Academy than from their teachers. Lucky students get the hell out of the country rather than study at a university here. Those stuck here would be better served with MOOCs.