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From the moment the American Council on Education announced in November that its College Credit Recommendation Service would assess the creditworthiness of a set of massive open online courses, there seemed to be little doubt that such approval would be forthcoming. And indeed, Coursera’s announcement today that five of its courses have earned credit recommendations […]
Macmillan has settled an antitrust lawsuit with the Department of Justice. The DOJ claimed Macmillan, along with Apple and other e-book publishers, were conspiring to raise prices. The Christian Science Monitor Full Article
The University of Arkansas System (UA System) has partnered with a global online learning company to expand the degree offerings of its institutions. Campus Technology Full Article
SAN FRANCISCO – University of California officials said today that they will move to expand the university’s online course offerings, in an apparent political victory for Gov. Jerry Brown. The Sacramento Bee Full Article
It was last December, and the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay’s holiday break had begun. But Alex Stenner, a sophomore and human biology major there, spent his two weeks off earning three credits from the university. And he did it without attending a single class — at a total cost of $90. Inside Higher […]
Many colleges in the United States and elsewhere lost service for the learning management systems of Desire2Learn last week — some for three days. In many cases, instructors and students lacked access to assignments, material turned in, and basic records about courses. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Maybe it was inevitable that one of the new massive open online courses would crash. After all, MOOCs are being launched with considerable speed, not to mention hype. But MOOC advocates might have preferred the collapse of a course other than the one that was suspended this weekend, one week into instruction: “Fundamentals of Online […]
The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month. The Washington Post Full Article
St. Mary’s University is bridging the gap between work, school by redesigning its graduate degree programs for Apple’s tablet eCampus News Full Article
After years of resisting jumping into the booming world of online learning, Rutgers University has signed a seven-year deal with Pearson eCollege to dramatically increase the school’s online courses and degree programs. The Star-Ledger Full Article
