Home Schooling Isn't for Losers Anymore

Education is the next part of the economy that's going to be disrupted in massive ways. Lots of young people have made their way through university only to wonder whether their education was completely disconnected from the way the world actually works.

Online education is making the same transformation that online dating made over the past few years: It's no longer relegated to the sideline, seen as a niche area for the desperate. Instead it's being recognized as an easier way to solve a big problem: finding the right skills.

For example, MIT's Open Courseware, called MITx, is an online university that lets people learn whatever they like at their own pace, for free. For those who take to the online format and want accreditation, MITx offers testing and certificates for a small fee.

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