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MIT Looks to Stay in Vanguard of Digital Education

The “unbundling” of classes is one of the most provocative ideas in higher education.

MIT Looks to Stay in Vanguard of Digital Education, Nick Anderson, Washington Post

Advanced Placement Classes, Online, for Free

These AP classes are not MOOCs, but more like massive open online lessons, or MOOLs.

Advanced Placement Classes, Online, for Free, Nick Anderson, Washington Post

MOOCs Emerge As Disruptors To Corporate Learning

Top resistors to experimenting with MOOCs were in the Corporate Learning Department.

MOOCs Emerge As Disruptors To Corporate Learning, Jeanne Meister, Forbes

Can Text Messages Nudge Students Through School?

The distance across the achievement gap isn’t a chasm, but the width of a nudge.

Can Text Messages Nudge Students Through School? Justin Reich, Mind/Shift

New Arizona State-edX MOOC: A Blow to Traditional College

Partnership is an example of how large universities can respond to disruptive innovation.

New Arizona State-edX MOOC: Another Blow to Traditional College, S. M. Butler, Brookings

The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education'

For a century this argument has been a rationale for new education technology.

The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education,' Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Accreditation Problems for the ASU/edX Freshman Program?

Arizona State University is unconcerned, accreditation experts are unsure.

Accreditation Problems for the ASU/edX Freshman Program? Carl Strausheim, IHE

ASU and edX Offer Credits for MOOCs in a Freshman Program

“The monopoly that used to exist in terms of how higher ed is done is over..."

ASU Program Promising Full College Credit for MOOCs, Tamar Lewis, NYT

How Open edX Plans to Reach 1 Billion Learners

edX's has over 70 partners across academic, social and professional learning organizations.

How Open edX Plans to Reach 1 Billion Learners, Sheri Handel, edSurge

Justice Department Settles with edX

An advocacy group for the deaf sued MIT and Harvard for inaccurate captions.

Justice Department Settles with edX, Emily Stephenson, Reuters 

Surveying the MOOC Landscape

If MOOCs from edX could be described as a city, then Computer Sci is its downtown core.

Surveying the MOOC Landscape, Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed

edX MOOC Research Results Challenges Assumptions

Computer Science courses ruled with an avg participation of 68K vs. 19K for other categories.

edX MOOC Research Results Challenges Assumptions, Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Tech

What MIT Is Learning About Online Courses & Virtual Work

Interview w Peter Hirst, Director of Executive Education at MIT Sloan School of Mgt. 

What MIT Is Learning About Online Courses, Sarah Green, Harvard Business Review

50 Top Online Learning Sites

By category, most popular, not ranked, some free some not, both credentialed and not.

50 Top Online Learning Sites, Best College Reviews

Here’s What Will Truly Change Higher Education

MOOCs won’t revolutionize education until there are credentials that lead to jobs.

Here’s What Will Truly Change Higher Education, Kevin Carey, New York Times

5 Myths About Open Online Courses at Scale

Seems everyone in higher ed has strong opinions about open online education at scale.

Five Myths About Open Online Courses at Scale, Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

Are Are MOOC-Takers' Data Protected by FERPA?

MOOC student data in is seldom Ferpa-protected. edX is acting as if the law does apply.

Are Are MOOC-Takers' Data Protected by FERPA? Steven Kolowich, The Chronicle

20 Higher Ed Innovators

Platforms, programs & orgs leading the effort in making college possible for all students.

Smart List: 20 HigherEd Innovators, Getting Smart

EdX Joins ConnectED, Offers MOOCs for Teacher Training

Agarwal: EdX is pleased to stand with Pres. Obama to offer U.S. teachers free, innovative resources to improve teaching & learning. 

EdX Joins ConnectED: Offers MOOCs for Teacher Training, Dian Schaffhauser, THE

When Big Data Meets Education

Fareed Zakaria interviews edX's Anant Agarwal re A/B testing, personalized learning.

When Big Data Meets Education, Fareed Zakaria, CNN