Can you learn nanotechnology online?

By Alexandra Ossola. Virtual classrooms are reshaping higher education. But what does that mean for more hands-on, scientific fields?
You may remember 2012 as the year Whitney Houston died, or when you donated all that money to the effort to catch Joseph Kony, the Ugandan guerrilla leader notorious for making young boys into child soldiers. But, according to the New York Times, 2012 was also the year of the MOOC, or massive open online courses. Thousands of students all over the world can take courses online crafted by some of the top universities in the world, all for free. More...