Are students ‘too busy’ for MOOCs?
According to a survey released by Instructure, the education technology company behind the learning management system Canvas, MOOC students may just be too busy to complete the courses.
MOOCs: the future of higher education, or a passing phase?
Coding course finds ‘sweet spot’ between MOOCs and colleges
A company called Thinkful is hoping they have found another, better, method for teaching people how to code – and it’s resting somewhere in between a MOOC and…
The rise of ‘SuperPosters’ in MOOCs
Participation has been an issue for massive open online course (MOOC) platforms as they face criticism from many corners of higher education, though there is one kind of…
MOOCs and the potential for learning socially
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
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
Several investors have enough faith in MOOCs that they have just given more than $40-million to MOOC platform Coursera.
In shadow of MOOCs, provosts propose online learning collaboration
The provosts of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago are in the early stages of creating a collaborative online network among the 13 campuses, with…
