http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/education/duke-northwestern-to-offer-semester-online-classes.html?src=recg&_r=0 The New York Times of Thursday 12.11.15 presented this short report about 10 major US Universities who plan to offer around 30 for-credit semester-length classes online to a "normal" small number of students per online class starting Fall 2013. The online students will pay normal (high) tuition for the institution providing the instruction. The online course facilitating service will be 2U.com.