Online education got a boost last week when the American Council on Education (ACE) announced the approval of four online courses for transferable college credit. The classes are offered by Coursera, a for-profit online organization that records traditional classroom lectures from various well-reputed colleges throughout the nation. Coursera currently offers more than 200 classes through [...]

Georgetown University is going to be joining up with the likes of Harvard and MIT to begin offering courses through the online educational platform edX, and this new development has many prospective students delighted at the thought of free online courses. Signing up for a Course According to the Georgetown University Provost, Bob Groves, “Anyone [...]

The Khan Academy has quickly become the go-to site for classes on subjects ranging from mathematics to the social sciences, and although it is already one of the most popular educational sites online, it has yet to find its limits with regards to how big it is going to become. Investments Reaching into the Millions [...]

The very first director of digital learning for MIT has been appointed, and his name is Sanjay Sarma. Mr. Sarms is the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers of Mechanical Engineering and his new appointment will go into effect immediately. One of the objectives of this appointment is to allow Mr. Sarma the chance [...]

In the past few months, Coursera has rapidly been rising in popularity and it recently celebrated its 1 millionth registered user. This platform and other MOOCs are making it possible for millions of students to gain access to courses online, and the best thing about them is that they are absolutely free. The popularity of [...]

With the rise of the MOOC, many universities have been put in the position where they need to make a choice about signing up or possibly falling behind this new online education revolution. It seems that there are many institutions that are having issues with platforms such as Coursera and others, and the reason for [...]

Two more institutions will proudly add their names to the growing sensation that is the educational platform Coursera, and these establishments are Georgia Tech and Emory University. Coursera is quickly becoming renowned with regards to the free courses that the platform has to offer; courses that were traditionally only available through institutions such as Stanford [...]

MOOC have been gaining a lot of renown over the past few months, and many higher education institutions have begun to incorporate them into their every day classes. Some have called “MOOC” a “buzzword” within the field of higher education, and if you don’t already know all about it, it’s time to get an update [...]

The Khan Academy is quickly becoming one of the largest online schools in the world, with numbers reaching past 10 million. The headquarters of this increasingly influential institution are humble at best; communal rooms in the shadow of rail tracks in Mountain View, Calif. The founder of the academy, Salman Khan, is 36 years old [...]

In a world of skyrocketing tuition costs and a surging demand for higher education, students across the globe are finding it harder than ever to locate affordable college options.  That’s why Coursera’s recent announcement to partner with Antioch University in providing students actual college credit for completing free online courses is making such bold headlines [...]