Comment by epenn

There seems to be a theme of duplicate, potentially competing efforts coming from the same universities in the now emerging online course space. First with Coursera vs Udacity coming out of Stanford. Now with MITx vs RELATE coming out of MIT. Wouldn't it make more sense for those within the same university to collaborate in order to produce a consistent brand and user experience? Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the fact that these types of educational systems are beginning to take off. I'll be enrolling in as many as time permits. But individual course content aside, it seems like each is reinventing each other's wheel.