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Will MOOCs help you open career doors?
We’re living through an incredible moment in the history of learning. Suddenly, anyone with an Internet connection can take courses, for free, from some of the world’s top…
Google infrastructure adds to MOOC momentum
The Internet is the ultimate learning tool. The fact that its reach extends around the globe at no cost makes it possible for anyone to learn from and…
Where’s the teacher? Online college debuts self-paced courses
Imagine a college program where there’s no required reading or weekly assignments. Where teachers no longer teach class or hand out grades. Welcome to FlexPath, a new twist…
It’s time to redirect the conversation about MOOCs
So many exciting things are happening in higher education these days, it could make a guy’s hair fall out. Most of the headlines have been about “massive” education…
Oxford University Press opens up scholarly articles during government shutdown
Researchers looking for information in the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institute, or the National Archives have been out of luck since last week when the US government…
With MOOC, a lecture hall that fits 20,000
Georgetown’s first massive open online course, “Globalization’s Winners and Losers: Challenges for Developed and Developing Countries,” launched on the edX platform last Tuesday to an audience of nearly…
MOOCs going mainstream? This may be the year
Last school year, the term MOOC (massive open online course) skyrocketed into popularity as an important new experiment in higher education. This year may be the school year…
Microsoft joins Degreed’s crusade to ‘jailbreak the degree’
Degreed, a San Francisco startup taking on traditional degrees and diplomas with a digital credential that reflects lifelong learning, has recruited its first corporate partner to its corner,…
The iTunes of higher education
It’s nearly impossible to get into MIT, very expensive to enroll there, and exceedingly hard to graduate, which are some of the reasons why MIT degrees are so…