College disrupted

" ... colleges and universities will soon find themselves competing for students with universities from around the world. With the advent of massive open online courses (MOOCS) over the past two years, predictions that higher education will be the next industry to undergo 'disruption' have become more frequent and fervent. Currently a university's reputation relies heavily on the 'four Rs' in which the most elite schools thrive--rankings, research, real estate, and rah! (i.e. sports). But for the majority of students who are not attending these elite institutions, the 'four Rs' offer poor value for the expense of a college education ... details the changes that American higher education will undergo, including the transformation from packaged courses and degrees to truly unbundled course offerings"--Amazon.com.