Pete
I wish you should have seen the rigor the MITx students following the course Electrical Engineering 6.002 from MaRCH TO JUNE 2012.
155,000 students. Many dropped after the first assigment, only 30.000 left
Finals were taken by 10.000 , 7157 received certificates.
I wish you had seen the communication among those 10,000 around the world, mostly none Americans .
MITx model is the future. But it will take time.
My main interest to have 18-22 olds should be aware of MITx model .