“…if, as the report concludes, much of the savings come by relying on contingent faculty to teach larger classes. These savings have nothing to do with technology.”
That most of the advertised savings from online classes aren’t necessarily linked to being online is a remarkable thing to find in a report from a national leader in online learning in a report about online learning.
Source: Study: Online College Classes Cost Less To Deliver Because They Are Larger, Hire Cheaper Teachers