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

Udacity math course canceled due to low quality

An online math course being offered on Udacity has been canceled for not meeting the site's quality standards.  

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 21, 2012

World Education University latest to ride the MOOC wave, attracts skeptics

Part of company's plan for making money:  Giving advertisers access to its students, already numbering 50,000.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 17, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: Paul Ryan, Coursera and ResearchGate

Catch up on the the week's biggest news with Education Dive's five most popular posts from the past seven days.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 16, 2012

Coursera officials receive dozens of plagiarism complaints

Some students in the free online courses say they didn't even realize they were plagiarizing.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 16, 2012

Education tech company EverFi raises $10 million

EverFi attracts attention with its software to help schools teach students about financial literacy and planning.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 15, 2012

15 resources for free online education videos, from Yale to iTunesU

Education Dive lists 15 of the Web's best resources for free education videos. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 14, 2012

The shift toward online education visualized

An infographic shows how online education has evolved and where it may be going in the near future.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 10, 2012

For-profit colleges eye tuition discounts

Strayer University and other for-profits offer more institutional grant aid to counter recent losses and criticism.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: Degrees, MOOCs and free textbooks

Did you miss out on the McGraw-Hill news and Education Dive's guide to MOOCs this week? Catch up with our five most read posts.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 9, 2012

Coursera's impact on higher education

Tenured Stanford University professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller left their positions at Stanford University in April to launch Coursera, a for-profit online education company.

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012

Holy ApostlesTo Offer Massive Open Online Courses

Holy Apostles College and Seminary will begin to offer massive online open course (MOOC) programming through a partnership with Edvance360 and the Catholic Distance Learning Network involving two certification programs for the fall 2012 semester. The two programs include Online Teaching and Le...

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012

University of Chicago Press to use Oxford University Press e-book platform

The University of Chicago will use Oxford's UPSO platform to launch Chicago Scholarship Online.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 8, 2012

Top 10 U.S. schools by number of degrees awarded include online, for-profit institutions

For-profit and online schools now rank among among leading brick-and-mortar programs in terms of graduates.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 8, 2012

10 interesting MOOCs being offered by Coursera, edX and other providers

Education Dive cracked open some non-traditional course catalogs to see what MOOC providers have available.

By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012

Chinese education stocks hurt by bookkeeping doubts

Forbes looks at the cases of New Oriental Education and Ambow Education, evaluating the future of Chinese education stocks.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 6, 2012

Education Dive's top 12 list resources of the summer

Class will be back in session soon. Get prepared with knowledge and resources from Education Dive's most popular list features of Summer 2012.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012

MOOCs lead 'conventional' online universities to develop new strategies

"Conventional" programs trying to determine best way to compete with free, non-degree courses from Ivies.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 2, 2012

7 mobile education app design tips

Robert Gibson, an instructional designer, offers app advice at EdTech Magazine.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 1, 2012

Report: Increasing number of historically black colleges offering online programs

Many of the programs are made possible through partnerships with online service providers.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2012

How to Save Money, Time and Sanity with Mobile Device Management Software

Some people seem to live on their smartphones. Such is the case at the University of Pittsburgh, where many of its employees rely heavily on the devices to access information, connect with other staffers and manage their calendars. Richard McIver, senior systems administrator for the universit...

By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012

5 education providers offering MOOCs now or in the future

Education Dive looks at five big names in the massive open online course world and breaks down why each of them stands out.

By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012

Shares in for-profit colleges drop following report by Senate Democrats

Report is latest blow to sector facing sharp government scrutiny.

By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2012