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The major difference is lectures of Khan Academy, or the new Stanford lectures have a one-to-one lecture format, that probably engages people more.

College lectures, or classroom lectures are non-ideal [1], in an ideal world, each student would have a corresponding teacher. The beauty of technology and Internet is that now we can simulate one-to-one lectures for masses.

[1] There are probably some situations where classroom lectures are better, when the lecture is enhanced by questions via discussion.



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