A new MOOC business plan
Coursera, the company that provides many massive open online courses (MOOCs) to colleges, is apparently changing its business strategy, Washington Monthly reports.
Month: May 2013
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MOOCs: A path to early college
Today the MOOC platform Coursera announced a new partnership with 10 major state flagships and state university systems, the Hechinger Report reports.
Has the MOOCs backlash begun?
San Jose State university system now stands at the forefront of making deals with private sector start-ups to package lectures from Ivy League professors and opening some for-credit…
10 state universities join Coursera in deals that could grant credit for MOOCs
In a departure from its collaborations with more elite institutions like Stanford and Princeton, massive open online course (MOOC) provider ... Read more
10 popular, banned books
Reading is still a central part of learning, and with the current emphasis on eBooks and 21st century learning in school and campus libraries, it’s hard to imagine…
Datamark and NoahIQ Make it Easier for Institutions to Immediately Connect with Prospective Students Online Via Live Video
Salt Lake City, UT – May 30, 2013 – Datamark, the leader in data-driven enrollment marketing, has partnered with NoahIQ, ... Read more
MOOCs: What university CIOs really think?
Can a university dependent on convincing students and their parents to part with tuition dollars afford to participate in a movement that says online education should be free?…
Vanderbilt University creates institute devoted to digital learning, MOOCs
As the conversation surrounding massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other means of online learning gets louder, many universities are still trying to sort through the noise and…
How reading literature stimulates your brain
“Mansfield Park” might be one of Jane Austen’s least-known novels, but it recently attracted some new readers—inside a brain-imaging scanner.