Wow, that's an interesting concept: a university that does courses for free! (Well they are free at the moment during the pilot. They say they may introduce a small charge after the pilot; but all the materials will be free anyway.)
It's another example of openness and cooperation on the Internet. Volunteers facilitate the activities and peers work together.
The Peer 2 Peer University has some credible backers, and deserves a pat on the back for pioneering such an interesting concept.
Will it be the end of traditional universities? They say that's not their aim. I guess both can exist side by side: we have the web but we still have newspapers and books. And, students still need somewhere to go to party ;-)
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