Filter & Sort
Expanding Pathways to MOOC Credit
American Council on Education puts stamp of approval on Coursera courses from Duke, Penn and UC-Irvine -- none of which would grant credits themselves.
MOOC Mess
Amid student confusion and frustration, Coursera calls off a course one week in. The subject? "Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application."
Free Course, Inexpensive Exam
New batch of free, online courses geared to credit-bearing exams could be the fastest, most affordable way to earn college credit.
Opinion
The End of the University?
Predictions of the collapse of higher education amid financial and technological tumult fail to account for our desire to be with, you know, actual people, writes Louis Betty.
Not Rushing Into MOOCs
Though many of its peers were among the first universities to create open courses, Yale is taking time to evaluate and strategize.
Mainstreaming MOOCs
Nonelite public universities are trying to tap into the MOOC excitement to direct students toward traditional credit pathways, generating revenues along the way.
Opinion
Waiting Online
David Galef takes a peek inside the discussion forum for a massive open online course about a certain play by Samuel Beckett.
Opinion
Learning From MOOCs
Andrew Ng on what MOOCs and the "Wild West" of higher education are teaching professors.