Higher Education

EdX signs up 15 new members

The US massive open online course platform edX has signed up 15 more universities, more than doubling its number of… More »

Embrace Moocs or face decline, warns v-c

“It’s Mooc or die”, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement… More »

Massive (But Not Open)

The Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a $7,000 online master’s degree to 10,000 new students over the next… More »

Regulating Distance Ed

Institutions that offer online education programs should not be forced to answer to regulators in each and every state where… More »

Commentary by Former Secretary Riley: Reciprocity Is Essential for Regulating Distance Education

Online education has been growing at a tremendous pace over the last decade or so. Students today have the opportunity… More »

Using technology to fight cheating in online college education

High-tech methods have evolved as schools look to stay one step ahead of students eCampus News Full Article

Why Professors at San Jose State Won’t Use a Harvard Professor’s MOOC

Professors in the philosophy department at San Jose State University are refusing to teach a philosophy course developed by edX,… More »

Online universities launching courses for teachers

Coursera, based in the United States, has announced partnerships with schools of education to provide content for free online training… More »

MOOC Skeptics at the Top

It would be easy to think that the leaders of American higher education are all in when it comes to… More »

Does Community Engagement Have a Place in a Placeless University?

It will be truly ironic if the most impersonal technology of all ends up saving the most personal kind of… More »