Free Freshmen Online Courses at ASU

Colleges & Universities Arizona State University
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Arizona State University and edX have teamed up to offer all freshman courses online – for free (almost). See the followign article:
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/three-questions-for-the-asuedx-global-freshman-academy-online-program/#.aux7lt:y4XI

These courses are transferable to ASU. Once students have passed the course, they will need to pay $200 per credit hour in order to receive college credit. Otherwise, no cost.

Anybody ready to give it a try?

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I don’t get it. Why would I pay $200 a credit hour when I can pay less at a CC and get everything that goes along with it? After the Pell they actually pay me. It sounds to me like a way to scoop up students at inflated tuition rates without having to actually teach them.