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Not Rushing Into MOOCs
Though many of its peers were among the first universities to create open courses, Yale is taking time to evaluate and strategize.
Mainstreaming MOOCs
Nonelite public universities are trying to tap into the MOOC excitement to direct students toward traditional credit pathways, generating revenues along the way.
Opinion
Waiting Online
David Galef takes a peek inside the discussion forum for a massive open online course about a certain play by Samuel Beckett.
Opinion
Learning From MOOCs
Andrew Ng on what MOOCs and the "Wild West" of higher education are teaching professors.
MOOCs for Credit
Georgia State will evaluate courses much like it reviews other work done by students before they enroll. Academic Partnerships, which helps universities put degree programs online, will work with institutions to make first course in each degree a MOOC.
MOOCs Assessed, Modestly
At HigherEdTech Summit, enthusiasts and a skeptic or two weigh the game-changing impact (so far and potentially) of massive open online courses.
Opinion
Unthinking Technophilia
MOOCs offer empty promises to open-access institutions and the rush to pursue the massive online option can trample shared governance, write six faculty members from San Diego community colleges.
Opinion
Apocalypse Later
In the debut of a new column, Peter Stokes, a longtime proponent of higher education innovation, challenges the fascination with "disruption" and urges a focus on improvement and strategy instead.