When the state of North Carolina dramatically reduced textbook funding, yet decided it would implement the Common Core State Standards, our School of Education at Gardner-Webb University decided…
The average cost of an online bachelor’s degree is now more expensive than many face-to-face bachelor’s degrees, a new report said. Examining data from nearly 700 colleges and…
On Monday, Cornell launched its first Massive Open Online Course — ASTRO2290x: Relativity and Astrophysics — for several hundred viewers, The Cornell Daily Sun reports. Cornell initially announced…
If you’re accepted to Harvard Business School, you can look forward to learning alongside the eggheads and overachievers deemed worthy by the school’s admissions office, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.…
The University of Houston (UH) System will offer two massive open online courses (MOOCs) designed to help high school students prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP)…
Fast-growing education company 2U will debut on the public markets, Venture Beat reports. According to a news release, the company plans to list its common stock on the…
This year, as a part of my degree’s academic requirements, I had to take a social science elective course. When registering last summer, I discovered that I could…
The MOOCs are here! Every few years or decades, some new idea threatens to revolutionize higher education and right now that is the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)…
A major initiative to ease the regulatory burdens of online learning across state lines found its first ally this week as the state of Indiana joined the National…
The higher education kerfuffle caused by 2013 surveys showing yawning gender gaps in massive open online courses (MOOCs) may have been premature. An online visualization tool breaking down…