The American writer H. L. Mencken once said that there is always a well-known solution to every human problem: neat, plausible, and wrong. MOOCs look neat, are plausible…

Distance education is nothing new, but these days it is hard to escape hyperventilation about its latest incarnation: MOOCs, or "massive open online courses," The Economist reports. Universities…

For a year or two there, free online classes seemed like they just might be the future of higher education, Slate reports. Why, some influential computer scientists wondered,…

A panel lead by faculty discussed their experiences in teaching courses online Friday morning, The Duke Chronicle reports. The forum was a response to an April meeting of…

GW is guiding a handful of professors to create massive open online courses, which could start teaching students from around the world by the end of the academic…