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Many state universities and small liberal arts colleges that want to partner with Coursera may not want to wait by the phone.

At U. of California Santa Cruz, faculty leaders charge that Coursera's deals with instructors endanger hard won intellectual property rights.

As details emerge for plan to outsource some courses, idea attracts considerable interest and considerable faculty scrutiny.

California lawmaker wants MOOCs and other online providers to help meet student demand, and will encourage -- and some fear force -- public colleges to accept those credits.

With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sherman Dorn considers the hype over massive open online courses.

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Thomas Friedman's latest celebration of massive open online courses is riddled with contradictions and shallow thinking, writes Carolyn Foster Segal.

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Jonathan Rees found much to like in a MOOC in which he enrolled, but writes that the use of students to evaluate one another does not work and undermines the role of professors.

By Jonathan Rees