‘MOOCs are just one of the tools we have’
More than 210,000 people signed up when the University of Pittsburgh offered its first five massive open online courses last year. Though that was more than 11 times…
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How colleges are finding tomorrow’s prodigies
Battushig Myanganbayar, a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from Mongolia, asks me, "Have you ever heard of the 'Freshman 15'?" He's referring to the storied…
MOOCs may create a global trail of failed business schools
The Mooc (massive open online course) phenomenon is having a significant impact on higher education – especially business education, the Financial Times reports. In less than two years,…
UCLA professor uncertain on engineering MOOCs
Behzad Razavi, a veteran professor of comms chip design, has announced that he will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) on basic circuit theory later this year,…
MOOC fans step out of the shadows
When the higher education sector pioneered massive open online courses (or Moocs, as they are more commonly known) it was heralded as an exciting step towards accessible education…
Breakfast before the MOOC
Beginning March 2, Prof. Hossam Haick, will teach the first ever massive open online course, or MOOC, on nanotechnology in Arabic, The New York Time reports. What’s more…
Chinese Coursera-style education portal scores $16.5 million funding
Uniquedu, the maker of China’s Coursera-style online education portal Kaikeba, secured RMB 100 million (US$16.5 million) in series A funding led by Fosun Venture Capital Investment, according to…
Can MOOCs and classrooms be squared?
Online classes have been around for at least four decades but have now received special attention due to the spread of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which are…
MOOC team set to hire more staff, launch new courses
Massive open online courses have unveiled a gold mine of data to University faculty and staff, The Daily Illini reports. Typically, instructors evaluating the effectiveness of their teaching…
‘We don’t know what drives these learners’
Texas universities increasingly are opening up classes to anyone with an email address and an internet connection, even as they struggle to measure learner success and gain insight…