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2U, edX to Combine to Create Online Learning Giant
Online learning provider company to buy assets of nonprofit MOOC pioneer to create a new entity reaching 50 million learners.
‘MOOCs Failed, Short Courses Won’
Education-technology company Coursera launched a bid to become a publicly traded company last week, giving industry experts a glimpse at its financial inner workings. The company is losing money, but it might be finding a way to monetize MOOCs.
A New Player in the College Completion Market
MOOC platform Coursera is teaming up with the University of North Texas to offer an online bachelor’s degree aimed at working adults with some college credit.
Free MOOCs Face the Music
In its quest to find a sustainable business model, online course provider edX will test charging users for access to previously free content. Observers say the move was inevitable.
Opinion
Bringing Microcredential Providers in From the Cold
The alternative credentials universe grows every day, but how much do we know about it? Very little, argues Cliff Adelman, who proposes constructive ways to lift the fog.
Harvard Goes Outside to Go Online
Three schools at the oldest university in the United States team up with 2U to start an online program in an emergent field.
For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT?
MIT students reported that taking course online -- instead of same course on campus -- was less stressful than their in-person classes.
The British MOOC Invasion
FutureLearn, the massive open online course provider owned by the Open University in the U.K., expands to the U.S.