This specific quote from Sebastian Thrun in a Fast Company article deeply concerned me:

    "These were students from difficult neighborhoods, without good access
    to computers, and with all kinds of challenges in their lives," he
    says. "It's a group for which this medium is not a good fit."

I can't be the only one who is disillusioned by this conclusion. I strongly believe that the Internet medium as a whole has the capability of democratizing education, even if MOOCs are not the right answer. A lot of edtech companies are increasing the availability of education, but they're not increasing the motivation surrounding it.

First of all, do you think it's possible to do thing that Thrun backed out of? And if so, who or what has the best chance of doing so?