Google's Python Class (Video, Notes & Exercises)
I had this idea that what if Google was involved in a project where they would make online courses of educational material available for free. Not like bits and pieces of video lecture available from stanford or short video tutorials available from http://www.khanacademy.org/. But actual course material, perhaps starting from 2nd grade to all the way to graduate level courses. There will be a combination of texts and videos and it could be semi wiki like where, certain qualified people can update course material to keep it relevant and up to date.It would probably cost them less than buying a video codec company, but might have bigger and far reaching effect.Imagine a single site will all the educational material, regularly updated. The only difference from a formal education (other than social interaction) is a certification.Crazy (stupid?) idea?