In the year of disruptive education
Hyman, Paul

PublishedDecember 2012
JournalCommunications of the ACM
Volume 55, Issue 12, Pages 20

ABSTRACT
As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide---at no cost.

Keywords disruptive education · MOOC · online learning · open education

ISSN10782
Rights© 2012 ACM 0001-0782/12/12
DOI10.1145/2380656.2380664
URLhttp://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2380664
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