I found an article in the New York Times that reminded me of the Flatworld that Friedman describes. The article titled M.I.T Education in China, Minus the Degree by Noam Cohen, is about a man, Mr. Chu, who made millions of dollars translating Chinese fantasy novel.
Six years ago, M.I.T. created an OpenCourseWear project, which made the institutions course material free for over ten years. If a person attended the university for this period of time it would cost something like 100million dollars. The people who used this program accessed the college’s materials online.
This article just shows that other countries are taking advantage of our resources. The information is out there and they found it and used it. The world is flat. Now someone in China can use the educational materials at one of the leading colleges in the United States and make millions off it. Our students have some serious competition.
Check out the article http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/technology/02link.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
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That is excellent. Good to see that not only America is utilizing great aspects of technology. It is funny to think to that some countries are actually even more advanced than we are. But for the ones that are not it is good to see them getting there.
Bridget,
I absolutely love the fact that the elite schools (Stanford, MIT) are offering their coursework on the internet for free. If this isn't a huge flattener, then I don't know what is. What's a better way to better the world than to offer the best education money can buy for free? Sure, you won't get credited for the degree but the knowledge is what counts anyway!
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