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Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

July 17, 2013July 16, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates said universities that provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) should engage in more "hand holding" with students as a way to stem…

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Blackboard enters the MOOC fray

July 11, 2013July 10, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Learning management system (LMS) giant Blackboard, Inc., announced July 10 that the company would provide a free massive open online course (MOOC) platform for existing customers.

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MOOC mania: when technology and higher education collide

July 10, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

The idea of free online courses has not only attracted students - the low-overheads high-volume model of delivery has inevitably also caught the attention of policy-makers concerned about…

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My MOOC improves my classroom

July 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Amidst all the angst within academia generated by the new MOOCs (massive open online courses) and online education in general, actually working on a MOOC for the last…

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More growing pains for Coursera: in another slip-up, professor departs mid-course

July 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

For the second time in less than a month, an online course on Coursera has hit a stumbling block. This weekend, the professor of a ten-week course on…

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Who should take a MOOC?: 9 types of lifelong learners who can benefit

July 5, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Six months ago if someone were to tell me that she is following a MOOC I wouldn’t have known what she meant, MOOC News & Reviews reports.

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Tradition will prevail over online offerings

July 1, 2013 by Denny Carter

Everybody is talking about Moocs and how global education is about to be irremediably transformed by the emergence and easy availability of these massive open online courses, the…

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News Corp.’s Amplify is latest with a MOOC for the high school crowd

July 1, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

High school kids across the country are getting the chance to make potentially thousands of new Facebook friends, Gigaom reports.

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Pakistani middle school student on education, technology and MOOCs

June 28, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Khadija Niazi, a 12-year-old Udacity student from Pakistan, has written “Education for All? - A Young Girl’s Proposal and Where MOOCs Fit In,” to discuss the role of…

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White House cites MITx MOOC as key tool for bringing innovations to market

June 27, 2013 by Denny Carter

As a part of their activities marking the second anniversary of the launch of the Materials Genome Initiative, the White House has cited the upcoming MITx massive open…

Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

Blackboard enters the MOOC fray

MOOC mania: when technology and higher education collide

My MOOC improves my classroom

More growing pains for Coursera: in another slip-up, professor departs mid-course

Who should take a MOOC?: 9 types of lifelong learners who can benefit

Tradition will prevail over online offerings

News Corp.’s Amplify is latest with a MOOC for the high school crowd

Pakistani middle school student on education, technology and MOOCs

White House cites MITx MOOC as key tool for bringing innovations to market

Regis University Partners with Collegis Education to Modernize IT Infrastructure and Strengthen Denver’s Higher Ed Innovation Footprint

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

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