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Flexibility for The Future: Strategic Campus Planning Webinar

Three critical themes emerged from our recent Lambent webinar “Flexibility for the Future: Strategic Campus Planning” featuring Marc Fournier, Georgetown ... Read more

MOOCs and the potential for learning socially

September 21, 2017July 19, 2013 by By Carla Bluhm and Kevin Mobbs

With more open access to course content from a wide variety of providers, learners will naturally and quite easily include and extend their learning activities to existing social…

New MOOC gives away Warren Buffett’s sister’s money

February 12, 2016July 15, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

Doris Buffett is letting the students who are taking a new massive open online course (MOOC) about philanthropy decide what to do with $100,000 of her money.

MOOC platform Coursera raises $43 million in funding

February 12, 2016July 10, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

Several investors have enough faith in MOOCs that they have just given more than $40-million to MOOC platform Coursera.

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Has Coursera solved the catch-22 of for-credit MOOCs?

February 12, 2016February 19, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

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It’s the catch-22 of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Students want college credit for MOOCs, which would raise the price tag of the often-free courses. At the same…