Massive open online courses (MOOCs) bring more and more of the world's best teachers to anyone with an internet connection, for free. Background on MOOCs in this NYTimes article.
"For anyone, anywhere, anytime" - edX. There is growing competition among MOOC platforms for the future of online education:
edX - Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Georgetown...
Coursera - Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Duke...
Udacity - founded by Sebastian Thrun (Google Fellow, inventor of autonomous cars, project lead on Google Glass)
Khan Academy - since 2006, originator in 8-12 min videos, backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Courses I'm interested in
The Challenge of Global Poverty (MIT) by Esther Duflo
Electricity & Magnetism Physics II (MIT) by Walter Lewin
Justice (Harvard) by Michael Sandel
Human Health & Global Environmental Change (Harvard)
Global Business of Sports (Wharton)
The Science of Gastronomy (Hong Kong UST)