Is Class Necessary?

Self paced? For many who are independent learners, professor to student contact may not be necessary. With the amount of information in the 700 page text books and the online posted lecture notes, universities are making the need for class attendance unnecessary. For those who can skim a book and retain the information and who can read the lectures notes themselves, rather than the professor reading to them just like a "reading buddy" would, class is not required to pass or attain respectable marks. Many universities also offer online courses with no professor relations, which proves that classes may not be necessary at all. With machines and technology taking over the production line, will the future of technology abolish professors? Is it possible for universities to be strictly online and self paced? Only time will tell....