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Welcome Aboard
Institutions have adopted a wide range of techniques for preparing new learners for success in online courses and programs.
Can MOOCs Have Positive Impact on Higher Ed?
In Monday's Academic Minute in Inside Higher Ed, the College of William & Mary's Stephanie Blackmon discussed whether massive open...
Webcast: New Directions in Online Education
Inside Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman discuss the topics from the "New Directions in Online Education" booklet...
Opinion
Where Analytics Go Wrong
Jeff Aird says until higher ed uses analytics in a self-aware and brutally honest way, it can’t fix the growing problems with student success and retention.
Keeping it Civil Online
Professors teaching online courses offer effective strategies for pre-empting offensive remarks -- and what to do when discussions go awry.
The Accreditation Race
Arkansas’s new public online university chooses national accreditor over its regional agency, raising questions about pace, prestige and the state of quality assurance.
The Sky Is Not Falling (Yet)
Online student enrollment at nonprofit universities is still growing and shows no immediate signs of dramatically tapering off -- but the days of explosive increases appear to be over.
Going Online When Disaster Strikes
Texas colleges devastated by Hurricane Harvey are moving face-to-face courses online. Institutions in other disaster-prone states share their digital strategies.