Link - http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-faq-1219.html
Synopsis - This article is about MITx, a degree offered by MIT for completing a series of online-courses that they will start in the Spring of 2012.
Stakeholders: The stakeholders in this are any students who might have been rejected by MIT but want to go there still, also any students applying to college in general that have that other option available.
Social and Ethical Issues: One of the biggest issues is Control in a way, because MIT is one of, if not the most prestigious colleges in the world. By offering an online set of classes through their school there will be more people studying at MIT that might not have initially gotten accepted.
Advantages: An advantage could be that more kids have an opportunity to a education from one of the best colleges. And it's online so it can be convenient for people who may also work part-time.
Opinion: It's cool that MIT is opening it's doors to more kids and branching out to form an online school, which many major colleges are starting to do.
I personally would probably not take advantage of MITx, since I'm not really a huge fan of math and science.
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