Google wants to teach everyday folk to interpret data
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MOOCs
A call to clarify the intention of MOOCs
On Monday, Cornell launched its first Massive Open Online Course — ASTRO2290x: Relativity and Astrophysics — for several hundred viewers, The Cornell Daily Sun reports. Cornell initially announced…
The next problem for MOOCs starts with a rap genius intern
If you’re accepted to Harvard Business School, you can look forward to learning alongside the eggheads and overachievers deemed worthy by the school’s admissions office, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.…
MOOCs go to high school
The University of Houston (UH) System will offer two massive open online courses (MOOCs) designed to help high school students prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP)…
No connection in online education
This year, as a part of my degree’s academic requirements, I had to take a social science elective course. When registering last summer, I discovered that I could…
The MOOCs are coming! The MOOCs are coming?
The MOOCs are here! Every few years or decades, some new idea threatens to revolutionize higher education and right now that is the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)…
There are more women in MOOCs than once thought
The higher education kerfuffle caused by 2013 surveys showing yawning gender gaps in massive open online courses (MOOCs) may have been premature. An online visualization tool breaking down…
MOOCs are going to make college even more expensive
But one overlooked benefit of online learning has been to help universities find a new generation of talented students – and perhaps, along the way, society’s next Steve…
Multilingual MOOCs expand reach of U.S. idea
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are increasingly multilingual, and two of the largest providers of the free massive open online courses recently announced international initiatives — in…
Course credits for MOOC certificates: One likely pathway
How will MOOC-based learning aid learners in entering and performing in the workplace? We may imagine MOOC-based learning to serve as a qualification in two ways: let's call…