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Misunderstanding & Misrepresenting the “Costs” & “Economics” of Online Learning « School Finance 101

Misunderstanding & Misrepresenting the “Costs” & “Economics” of Online Learning « School Finance 101:

Misunderstanding & Misrepresenting the “Costs” & “Economics” of Online Learning

The Fordham Institute has just released its report titled “The Costs of Online Learning” in which they argue that it is incrementally cheaper to move from a) brick and mortar schooling to b) blended learning and then c) fully online learning.

http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2012/20120110-the-costs-of-online-learning/20120110-the-costs-of-online-learning.pdf

Accompanying this report is a blog post titled “Understanding the Economics of Online Learning” from the Quick