This suggests the potential for all citizens to become both learners and teachers all the time on a global basis, with peer-assessment being the key measure of success. Your school might claim conflict of interest if you're spending too much time, in their view, teaching online, particularly if you're profiting financially. Due to residency requirements, many degree programs allow only a few credits out of a four year degree to be obtained via distance learning. It will be feasible to learn or teach from anywhere, anytime. There is the risk that master teachers will abandon the traditional classroom in favor of higher salaries and greater personal freedom.
Teachers typically lack a productizing and marketing vehicle to disseminate their curriculum.
We're already seeing many businesses adding a human mentoring component to their online services. Be on the watch for a major increase in innovative online instructional and mentoring services offered by individuals, and for corporations looking to engages such individuals through royalty sharing arrangements. The best positive vision would be that learners worldwide would find rich learning opportunities created by the best teachers worldwide, available in SDL, mentored and guided formats. Teachers worldwide would find a huge global market for their learning materials and would relish both the satisfaction of meeting the learning needs of potentially vast numbers of learners, and realizing a substantial improvement in their personal income and lifestyle options. A new global culture will appear, combining caring and connectivity, led by youth and seniors.