Research
Australian MOOC platform makes big claim about completion rate
Open2Study, an massive open online course (MOOC) initiative launched by Open Universities Australia, announced May 24 that 25 percent of its students complete their courses, more than triple the completion…
The ‘Hype Cycle’ of MOOC courses
The backlash from some corners of higher education against the proliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) could be an essential step that many other technological innovations had to endure…
Do students take MOOCs to earn certificates?
A new report released by the University of Edinburgh shows that a majority of students who take the university’s six Coursera massive open online courses (MOOCs) do so simply to…
Using online courses to increase class sizes without compromising retention
Bolstering student retention rates while growing enrollment numbers is possible through a strategic deployment of online classes, according to a new report.…
Report: Four in 10 colleges to offer MOOCs by 2016
A few high-profile rejections have done nothing to doom the future of massive open online courses (MOOCs), according to a worldwide report. Providing access to MOOCs, in fact, is considered…
Students show poor spending habits, little knowledge of financial aid
Although college students have many financial aid options available to them, new research from America's Promise Alliance shows that a lack of transparency and simplicity in the application process can…
The six major anxieties of social media
Since humans are both social animals and neurotic ones, we bring to each social setting a corresponding set of social anxieties, New York Magazine reports. …
MIT researchers hoping to make cloud computing more efficient
Cloud computing can use about 20 times as much hardware as it needs to function properly, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers believe an algorithm could be the key…
Which students spend the most time online?
College students of every kind spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet, but engineering and technology students take the proverbial web-surfing cake. It was students interested in technology and…
Opinion: Colleges soak poor students to funnel aid to rich
U.S. colleges such as Boston University are using financial aid to lure rich students while shortchanging the poor, forcing those most in need to take on heavy debt, a report…