Are the costs of 'free' too high in online education?: Considering the economic implications as educational institutions expand online learning initiatives

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 26-29

  Cusumano, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDSOURCING; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; ON-LINE EDUCATION; ONLINE LEARNING; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES; USER-GENERATED;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; PROFITABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84875716516     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2436256.2436264     Document Type: Review

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