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A New Route to Student Aid
Education Department will open up federal aid to a limited number of partnerships between colleges and boot camps and MOOC providers, with a secondary goal of testing new forms of accreditation.
'Double-Dipping' With MOOCs
Colleges that jumped on the MOOC bandwagon early on are looking to expand their efforts. Why are many of the ones that started with Coursera turning to edX?
Do MOOCs Help?
Study explores outcomes in Coursera's massive open online courses, suggesting many learners come away with tangible career and educational benefits.
Opinion
What We’ve Learned From MOOCs
Massive open online courses have not lived up to their early hype -- what could? -- but they’ve made important contributions nonetheless, write John Mitchell, Mitchell Stevens and Candace Thille.
Would-Be Disruptor Shifts Gears
A plan to create an accreditor for online programs adopts a new model: free MOOCs to help students earn placement credit.
Multiple Personalities, Disorder
Researchers at Harvard U and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology find a uniquely MOOC way of cheating.
Establishment Goes Alternative
Seven major universities plan to create the University Learning Store, a joint web portal for microcredentials, featuring online content, assessments and tutoring.
Change, but How Substantive?
Arizona State U's accreditor has yet to review the institution's "MOOCs for credit" initiative. Experts are unsure what such a review might bring.