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Online Quality Control
As Oregon State's distance education efforts grow, professors raise questions about who does the teaching, how they are paid and whether anyone has figured out how learning compares online and in person.
New Model, Familiar Face
Michael Clifford has launched a new online course provider, this time a nonprofit. And the site's 27 courses have all earned ACE credit recommendations.
MOOC-Skeptical Provosts
Academic leaders of Big 10 and U. of Chicago issue statement promoting joint online instruction, but suggesting that universities may be better off managing it without corporate involvement.
MOOCs for Credit, Aussie-Style
Two Australian universities announce plans to charge students fees if they want to be assessed and earn credit for free open courses.
Opinion
Ma, There's a MOOC Under My Bed
Justin D. Martin considers why faculty members are dubious of some new forms of online instruction.
Opinion
Where's the Real Learning?
Karen Symms Gallagher has experience in online education. She took a MOOC and wonders what all the excitement is about.
Crowdfunding Academic Research
In the face of increased competition and diminishing federal funding, some academic researchers are turning to crowdfunding platforms to raise money.
Banned From Blogging
Appeals court upholds U. of Louisville's dismissal of a nursing student for what she shared about a patient, and backs university view that this was an academic, not disciplinary, action.