Your high school in rural Idaho has no such offering so your student daughter signs up for the class and passes. The world of Internet commerce is still in its infancy. But this sort of scenario is real enough. But then, perhaps not. Our Industry Friends Time is money.
Time is also space.
No one is putting Web-based education to better use than our industry friends. We need to pay heed. Amdahl is a mainframe Silicon Valley company with people and facilities around the world to sell, service and educate their customers. The Web-based paradigm has sales programs, product announcements, engineering data, training and all the other information required to make a remote locale function profitably. I know you will remember this if you ever fly the 777.