Filter & Sort
Mature Market for Online Education
Growth in adult students' interest in online education is stagnating, report finds, and colleges will have to do more to stand out online.
MOOC Host Expands
Already the largest provider of massive open online courses, Coursera doubles its list of university partners. Just how broad will the company's emerging MOOC empire become?
Private Parts
Kerfuffle over release of Kinsey Institute sexual research tool highlights the opportunities and hazards of app-based data collection.
The Pulse: Mark Max of Blackboard Analytics
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast features a conversation with Mark Max, vice president of Blackboard Analytics for Learn.
‘Game-Changers’ in Global Ed
At European gathering of international educators, speakers ask, "Where are we headed?"
Gates, MOOCs and Remediation
The Gates Foundation is ponying up to learn if MOOCs could work for remedial students, a departure from the current slate of MOOCs. Developmental education experts say the idea could work, but others remain skeptical.
The MOOC Survivors
Looking past massive pool of registrants, edX probes tiny subgroup of MOOC students who actually stuck around to the end of its pilot course.
Opinion
MOOCs' Missing Pieces
Before these massive online courses truly transform higher education, they need to focus on some key teaching issues, writes Gary S. May.