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Politics and Cautions in California
As details emerge for plan to outsource some courses, idea attracts considerable interest and considerable faculty scrutiny.
Outsourcing Public Higher Ed
California lawmaker wants MOOCs and other online providers to help meet student demand, and will encourage -- and some fear force -- public colleges to accept those credits.
Opinion
The MOOC Poem
With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sherman Dorn considers the hype over massive open online courses.
Opinion
MOOCs R Us
Thomas Friedman's latest celebration of massive open online courses is riddled with contradictions and shallow thinking, writes Carolyn Foster Segal.
Opinion
Peer Grading Can’t Work
Jonathan Rees found much to like in a MOOC in which he enrolled, but writes that the use of students to evaluate one another does not work and undermines the role of professors.
Change From Within
Higher education's most powerful association throws its weight behind "disruptions" to the industry. Can the establishment help lead the revolution?
Opinion
The Particle Accelerator of Learning
Peter Stokes takes a peek inside the latest laboratory spawned by MIT and Harvard -- edX, the nonprofit MOOC provider.
Twice as Many MOOCs
Coursera and edX both double in size and look for larger international audiences.