MOOCs

BRT talked about Cousera, the first viable MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) offering over a year ago, describing this initiative to be disruptive to the max. It seems this modest prediction was correct as this tech is going viral, something , as stated before, truly disruptive to the max, a force that will change higher education forever, which, in this writer's opinion, is a good thing without question. 

Available globally to hundreds of thousands of people at a time, these classes depend on highly sophisticated digital technology, yet they could not be simpler to use. Signing up takes less time than creating an iTunes account. You can create a user name and password and start exploring the rapidly expanding course offerings.

Seen below is A network diagram showing the distributive nature of Stephen Downes' and George Siemens' CCK08 course, one of the first MOOCs and the course that inspired the term MOOC to become adopted.