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Is the ground-breaking part the cost of it? I just think it sounds like normal online courses. Maybe I am missing something?

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It's a for credit online course that's available for cheap and as a non-degree student (i.e. MOOC). So it's the first set of courses to try and bridge the gap between MOOC's and "traditional" online courses/degrees.

Ok, thank you for explaining! I am not from the US so I didn't know it was uncommon with online courses for non-degree students.

edit: Although now that I think about it I should have guessed. Having a system with an expensive tuition to be paid by the student probably doesn't roll so well with pick-and-choose online courses for everyone.

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