These are different units, and so the sentence is said to be an instance of faulty parallelism. To correct this sentence the writer might say: The point, of course, is that there can be several ways ...

Misplaced Modifers: Dangling modifiers are those which have nothing to "hang" on to; this is, there is no word or phrase in the sentence for them to modify. Ex: Pushing open the door, the rug became ...