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What can MOOCs do to stop plagiarism?
Coursera's honor code is only the beginning in a long conversation to figure out how to deal with MOOC cheaters.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 10, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: MOOCs, iPads and Udacity
Catch up on this week's most popular Education Dive reads and find out what was going on while you were hard at work.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Likelihood of MOOC students receiving credit increases thanks to site-based testing deals
MOOC provider edX became the second free, online course provider to partner with Pearson's testing centers Thursday.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Transfer credit at U.S. university a milestone for Udacity
Colorado State University's Global Campus will begin offering transfer credit for "Introduction to Computer Science: Building a Search Engine."
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 6, 2012 -
University of Maine's Presque Isle campus tests out small-scale open courses
The courses are the school's answer to MOOCs.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 6, 2012 -
President of edX says MOOC disruption will improve 'scale and in efficiency' in education
Anant Agarwal, the president and first professor at edX, talks to SmartPlanet about how MOOCs will affect higher education, no matter how many universities are left standing in 50 years.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 5, 2012 -
Stanford introduces Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning
Stanford University embraces online education by establishing the Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 31, 2012 -
Blended Learning Wins Out in Calif. E-Learning Census
on June 13, 2012 No one has been tracking how many students learn online in California. At least until now, according to Brian Bridges, director of the California Learning Resource Network, a state-funded technology service that the Stanislaus County Office of Education administers. In ...
Aug. 31, 2012 -
A guide to professional Twitter use for educators
How teachers can make appropriate use of Twitter with their students.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 31, 2012 -
Policy experts: State reciprocity required for online programs
Experts are developing recommendations to ease online programs' ability to operate across state lines.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 31, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: Learnist, Coursera and the RNC
Did the new school year distract you from the Education Dive news feed this week? Find out what you missed.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Deep Dive
10 opinions on MOOCs and what they mean to higher ed
Everyone in higher education seems to have an opinion on massive open online courses, and Education Dive has a list of our ten favorite opinions from educators and pundits.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 30, 2012 -
How MOOCs challenge the traditional college business model
Massively Open Online Courses could pose a threat to the role of large courses being taught at existing universities.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 30, 2012 -
UConn dean skeptical of MOOCs, defends classroom learning
Jeremy Teitelbaum, dean of UConn's College of Liberal Arts, believes strongly in the role of brick-and-mortar schools in the future of higher ed.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Coursera's peer grading model put to the test by first humanities MOOC professors
Despite initial language barrier hiccups, the MOOC provider's peer grading system seems to be well-received.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Professors try University of Reddit out as a MOOC platform
Two University of South Florida professors are using the service to turn existing classes into massive open online courses.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 29, 2012 -
Mizzou putting $2.5M toward online degree programs
The University of Missouri will award funds to faculty as they launch curriculum via Mizzou Online.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 29, 2012 -
Coursera and Amara announce crowd-sourced captioning partnership
With Coursera's million-plus registered users and reach across 190 different countries, the partnership could take crowd-sourced captioning to the next level.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012 -
Lore attracts $6M for classroom-focused social networking
The service has reached into more than 600 academic institutions as a resource for instructors and students.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 27, 2012 -
'Mechanical MOOC' coming from MIT OpenCourseWare, Codecademy and others
The course on coding will use resources from its partners to teach Python.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: Digital textbooks, Emory University and Pinterest
Did you read Education Dive's most read posts about Emory University and Pinterest this week? Catch up on what you may have missed.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Coursera now giving students honor code reminders
Stipulations about honesty must now be acknowledged before some online assignments are submitted.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Pennsylvania's public universities to offer credit for prior learning
Students could potentially even receive credit for previously taken MOOCs.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
UT Austin looking into MOOCs
The University of Texas at Austin is expressing interest in offering courses for free online.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Cal State expands its online effort
The United States' largest public university system is centralizing the online offerings of its 23 campuses.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 22, 2012
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