Why the campus is still king in the age of the MOOC
With higher education increasingly going online and the recent arrival of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), many have predicted the death of the university campus. It’s said that…
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The drive to spread expertise
Ever since the crisis of 2008, and the realisation that many of those implicated in the meltdown were ignorant of the risks they were taking, financial training has…
New MOOCAdvisor.com offers one-stop solution to MOOC search
StudentAdvisor.com, the leading "all things learning" resource, launched MOOC Advisor (www.moocadvisor.com), a one-stop-shop database of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the Fort Mill Times reports.
Three ways MOOCs will change colleges
With college tuition prices spiraling ever upward, it seems counter-intuitive that top schools like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University would also be racing to make…
Are fees taking the ‘open’ out of MOOC?
Massive open online courses (MOOC) that include nominal costs don’t constitute a financial burden to online students, though the mere inclusion of fees undermines a key tenant of…
MOOCs are the clever way to keep up to date
The world of distance learning has changed beyond recognition since the first correspondence courses dropped onto doormats more than 40 years ago, The Guardian reports.
Halting cheating in MOOCs may require a little homework for faculty
Spy technology fit for a James Bond movie might not be necessary for curbing cheating in massive open online courses (MOOCs). Academic dishonesty could be foiled in a…
Higher-Ed Company TargetX Spins Off Its Popular Campus Visit Consulting Division
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — After seven years of improving the way colleges treat their visitors, the innovative Campus Visit Consulting Division ... Read more
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.
Companies create MOOCs to fill skills gaps
We don't know whether massive online open courses (MOOCs) will be more than a fad in higher education -- but they're inspiring other kinds of organizations to create…