Education Goes Viral

I had a chance to catch up on some daily reading in the metro this morning and It stated that since campus space is a hurdle more and are students are resorting to the Internet to deal  with classroom  at universities.  There is a growing number of MOOCs- massive open online courses, which makes life a little less hectic and easier for students who don't want to attend lecture halls or attend classes on campus. For me personally, I think new method of education can have its advantage and its disadvantages. Students have the privilege to be more independent and have more control over their own lives. The other part of the argument is that students don't have the one on one with the professor to do research and learn how to work in a community which is missing more and more from our society. More importantly the complacency and laziness that comes with not having someone  there to push you, or make you think differently when solving  a problem. At the end of the day, things you learn at the university are simply, different than things you learn from an online course. In my argument I understand both sides are relevant but lets not eradicate our old traditions, because it the end its our teachers are the real heroes..