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The 'No Wake Syndrome'
College leaders must have a strong backbone to build a viable online program and be willing to handle the results if they pull it off, writes Kenneth E. Hartman, former president of Drexel's eLearning program.
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.
Bad Week on Desire2Learn
1 in 4 of the colleges that use the company's LMS lost service last week, some for as long as 72 hours. Will its reputation suffer?
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Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World
Regional accreditors must respond to the rise of competency-based education or risk becoming less relevant, writes Paul LeBlanc.
Digital Pink Slips
Sliding enrollments at for-profit colleges mean less work for adjuncts who teach online. And these faculty cutbacks happen quietly, and sometimes without much warning.
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.