Educational attractive WWW features

1. ability to have multimedia documents
2. hypertext/hypermedia capability
3. WWW networked basis, allowing for distance learning
4. public domain client/server software and editing tools in general
5. training centres can distribute the knowledge on a large scale (to the entire world)
6. reduction of mailing costs: Internet allows distribution of pages without the overhead associated to printing costs and transport
7. all information can be corrected and updated in one go for all users from only one server site
8. internet allows for collaborative writing
9. allows for students to give feedback more easily

University Texas, Austin maintains a "world Lecture Hall", they make all lectures available on the Web by degree/subject from various Universities.