Teaching & Learning

Gates Foundation will fund $1.4 million study at U. of Maryland to see whether MOOCs can reduce overhead in credit-bearing courses without compromising quality.

At Educause, community college makes the case for student support services as a crucial factor in the battle to survive and thrive in era of online education.

The e-textbook consortium CourseSmart has announced an analytics program that will provide data about students' usage of a text, which universities can use to link with outcomes.

New survey from Campus Computing Project suggests that colleges are not taking full advantage of Big Data, and remain apprehensive about open source applications. But many see a role for MOOCs in academic instruction.

Publishing giant unveils search engine for open educational resources -- and its own content.

Coursera strikes licensing agreement with Antioch University, bringing business model for massive online courses into sharper focus.