The Minerva Project: For-Profit E-Learning with a Nonprofit Punch
Online education projects are pushing hard for funding, but few have rivaled the Minerva Project, which raised $25 million in seed money last year. The project has laid the foundation for an online...
View ArticleStanford Professors Receive Grants for Online Learning
For anyone who has ever dreamed of studying at Stanford, the university announced good news this week: Stanford professors were the recipients of grants to expand the use of massive open online courses...
View ArticleThe Online Education Movement Gets a Boost from 10 Top Universities
The online education movement recently received a big boost from 10 of the nation’s top universities, including Duke, Northwestern and Notre Dame. The 10 schools unveiled a collaborative plan to offer...
View ArticleWith Free Online Classes, Academic Partnerships Lets Students Test Real...
Students at 40 different universities throughout the United States will be able to test-drive degree programs this spring, thanks to the latest MOOC project by Academic Partnerships. The digital...
View ArticleTips For Successfully Completing Your Online Business Degree
An increasing number of students are taking college classes online, some for degree programs offered completely through distance learning and others augmenting traditional on-campus classes with an...
View ArticleBrown University Alumni Join Fast-Growing Coursera
Three Brown University alumni have joined the Coursera team to help expand the online education platform for 2013. Jerry Charumilind, Anne Trumbore, and Norian Caporale-Berkowitz have all joined the...
View ArticleEducation Conference with Tech-Focused LearnLaunch Draws Hundreds
Nonprofit LearnLaunch set its key Boston education conference, “Across Boundaries: Innovation & The Future of Education” to coincide with the National Digital Day of Learning earlier this month....
View ArticleMassive Open Online Courses Expand Offerings
Massive open online course (MOOC) providers Coursera and edX have announced big expansions in their free online courses. Both websites are expanding heavily into international course content by...
View ArticleApple iTunes U Surpasses 1 Billion Downloads as Online Education Surges Into...
Apple’s iTunes U passed its latest milestone in the first quarter of 2013, surpassing 1 billion downloads for the popular education platform, which includes free content from schools, libraries,...
View ArticleStanford Moves to edX for Open-Source Learning
Stanford’s venture into online education continues with the school’s latest announcement that it will be using the open-source learning platform edX to host its online courses. EdX began as a nonprofit...
View ArticleQuality, Not Quantity: 2U’s Online Degree Project for Master’s Programs
While the MOOC (massive open online course) model may work well for free undergraduate courses, online degree solutions company 2U Inc. thinks master’s degree programs require a different model. The...
View ArticlePositive Signs in Distance Education Report Indicate Growth
The 2012 Distance Education Survey, published by the Instructional Technology Council (ITC), indicates growth in distance learning along with other positive trends. The survey assessed critical factors...
View ArticleCoursera to Offer Free Online Textbooks
Coursera, the leading provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), has partnered with Chegg to offer students online textbooks to aid them in the learning experience, according to a PR Newswire...
View ArticleInternet Bill’s Impact on Higher Education Has Potential to Raise eTextbook...
The Senate has passed a controversial Internet tax bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act. The proposed Internet bill has moved to the House for consideration. The Marketplace Fairness Act would require...
View ArticleMOOC Options Poised to Overturn Old Business Training Methods
The UK Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) OpenupEd, which includes Open University, has announced plans to expand to include several more institutions across the EU, according to a recent press release....
View ArticleCoursera Guides State Universities into MOOC Market
Ten state post-secondary institutions have joined with massive open online course (MOOC) provider Coursera to bring improved learning experiences to students. Although the education provider is looking...
View ArticleGeorgia Tech’s Computer Science Degree – for Less than $7,000
The Georgia Tech’s College of Computing recently announced a new course: an Online Master of Science computer science degree (OMS CS) through the massive open online course (MOOC) platform Udacity....
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Survey Shows Quarter of College Students Took...
Slightly more than one in four college students took at least some of their courses online in the fall of 2012, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The survey showed of the...
View ArticleHarvard Business School Goes Online to Teach Non-Business Students about...
Liberal arts students or engineering majors who want to get educated on the corporate world will have a chance to benefit from the teaching of Harvard Business School this summer. Harvard University is...
View Article5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Enrolling in Business School Online
More than ever, higher education is a requirement for entry into today’s job market – and it can also be helpful when it comes to career advancement. With the advent of online learning, students have...
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