“A study of the earnings of nearly every person who took postsecondary courses online between 1999 and 2014 finds little evidence that online education saves students or taxpayers money. While it is often thought that online education saves money …” (more)
[Lindsay McKenzie, Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 February]
I think they mean the “price” of online education. Many are providing this cheaply, others are doing it the expensive way and others are gouging the students.