By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Thomas R. Ramage: A System-Level Comparison of Cost-Efficiency and Return on Investment Related to Online Course Delivery, E-Jist September 19, 2005
Report on a study conducted at 34 community colleges in Illinois on the cost and returns oon online learning. According to the author, "online programs at 83% of the community colleges participating in the study were not cost efficient and did not provide a positive return on investment." As he notes, "These findings are not consistent with the literature". More...