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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 -
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 -
Deep Dive
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
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