Most Read Education News of the Week: Obama, Romney and Coursera

Get educated about the five most popular news reads on Education Dive from the past week.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 12, 2012

MOOC taker critiques technical problems, peer grading

Harry McCracken says peer grading seems necessary with MOOCs, but it comes at a price.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 11, 2012

Stanford med school swaps familiar format for online lectures and interactive classroom praxis

In implementing a new learning initiative, the Stanford School of Medicine believes their educational model will change the way medical schools teach their students.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 10, 2012

Educause survey reflects well on faculty technology use, finds that students want more

The study also has good news for e-textbook advocates.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 10, 2012

Study: Nonprofit colleges gaining ground in online education

The increased competitiveness is attributed to better-informed consumers with a preference for brand strength over price.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 10, 2012

Social learning startup CreativeLIVE grabs $7.5M in new funding

Greylock leads a round of Series A financing as CreativeLIVE expands its global presence.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 9, 2012

Coursera reached 1 million users faster than Facebook and Twitter

Universities and students alike are quickly signing on to the growing online learning institution.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 9, 2012

Online students subsidize scholarships and campuses at Grand Canyon University

The school's business model allows traditional students to attend for less than half of the full tuition price.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012

Nixon U Rolls Out Open Source Course Management System

Online higher education institution Nixon University is adopting an open source course management system to help its instructors customize course delivery and assessment to the needs of individual students. The university had been experiencing problems creating an online learning environment t...

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: SAT scores, Arne Duncan and iPad apps

Want to know what Education Dive readers were looking at this week? Check out our five most popular posts.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 5, 2012

MOOCs and the demise of the campus debated as Open University tops UK survey

This year, the largest online learning institution in the U.K. ranked highest in student satisfaction.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 3, 2012

In high profile summit, Education Department discusses need for efficiency and innovation

The department is open to ideas, but adds that alternative credentials from sources like prior learning and MOOCs are still an unproven concept.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2012

S.F. startup creating virtual classrooms with iPad apps

Innovative technology empowers users to participate in classroom discussions, no matter where they are.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 1, 2012

Rise of free courses presents a challenge to UC Online

The University of California's online school has fallen short of the revolutionary force it was pitched as.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012

What it's like to take a MOOC

Higher ed veteran Ann Kirschner signs up for a Coursera class and reports back on her experience.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 1, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: iPhone ed tech, MOOCs and digital shifts

Education Dive runs down the most read posts of the week each Friday. Here's what educators were looking at.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 28, 2012

Gates Foundation awarding $2.5M for Facebook ed tech apps

The competition kicks off with a Thursday hackathon co-hosted by Facebook.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012

10 Coursera MOOCs that offer certificates for completion

MOOC students won't receive credit toward graduation from taking any of these classes, but they will earn certificates to prove that they passed.

By Davide Savenije • Sept. 26, 2012

Ball State to offer free MOOC on comic book gender roles

"Gender Through Comic Books: A Super-MOOC" may attract upwards of 1,000 students online.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 26, 2012

Elsevier to provide free textbooks to edX MOOC students

The academic publishing giant will offer "static" versions of its texts with the option of "discounted copies" available for sale via its site.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012

10gen and edX partnerning to offer MOOCs on MongoDB use

The deal will give 10gen access to edX's source code and make two courses available on how to use 10gen's MongoDB platform.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012

Ashford University cuts admissions staff in favor of increased student support focus

Changes come as the for-profit school faces accreditation scrutiny.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2012

Yale to assess its future in online education

The Ivy League institution forms a committee to review role and consider expansion in online learning.

By Davide Savenije • Sept. 24, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: iPhone 5, Khan Academy and MOOCs

Need to get caught up with the week's education news? Find out what was popular with Education Dive readers.

By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 21, 2012

Pay-for-grade sites present a challenge to online ed

The handful of sites are online education's latest headache, and administrators fear they may be indicative of a much larger problem.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 21, 2012