Dozens of Free Massive Open Online Courses Announced

Titus Andronicus writes: Professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng of Stanford University announced a major expansion in the catalog of free massive open online courses being offered by the company they founded, Coursera. The subject areas include computer science, mathematics, and business. The providers include Stanford, Princeton, Michigan, and Penn. Even more courses are expected to be announced by competitors such as Udacity, MITx, Minerva, Udemy, perhaps soon. Is this the future of education?