Even if its [Udacity’s] courses may seem cheaper or more accessible, offering a more viable entree into post-secondary education, they do so by (a) privatizing such an activity among an organization purpose-built to convert the needs of the many into the benefit of the very few and (b) by reframing the social challenges inherent in underserved educational populations as simple problems of content delivery.
“Inequality in American Education Will Not Be Solved Online” by Ian Bogost
A good response to the TechCrunch article on how MOOCs will end college as we know it.