The “x” factor needs to be noted, for MITx is a newly set-up degree-granting institution under the MIT umbrella — but MITx is not MIT. He was envisioning a world without teachers, but apparently, not without knowledge. Public universities will no longer provide the same quality of education and will not remain on par with well-funded private ones. One would hire the best minds and manufacture MOOCs with their help; the other would consume the high-quality product they market. If this is “democracy” in education, one does not need to say more.

Source: Indian Express February 20, 2017 18:22 UTC