Online learning could save resource-strapped universities up to 80%

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Courses are as effective for teaching Stem students as regular lectures, study finds

Offering online courses instead of traditional in-person lectures could save universities money and allow them to teach more science, technology, engineering and maths students – without sacrificing learning outcomes. ‘I think this is the strongest evidence to date that students can learn online as well as face-to-face,’ says the study’s leader Igor Chirikov from the University of California, Berkeley, US.