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Jul 16, 2014Online EducationOne Online Professor's Social Experiment Highlights Alleged Weaknesses in MOOCs
Jun 19, 2014Online EducationAT&T and Udacity Team Up to Create Nanodegree
Feb 28, 2014Online EducationFacebook and edX Partner to Offer Free Online Education for Rwanda
Jan 24, 2014Online EducationCoursera Launches New Online Certificate Program
Jan 21, 2014Online EducationUdemy Launches Android App for Mobile Learners
Jan 14, 2014Online EducationMOOCs About Popular Culture Increase Enrollments
Dec 3, 2013Online EducationStudy Finds MOOCs Increase Educational Disparities, Rather Than Reduce Them
Nov 27, 2013Online EducationSuccess of Gender through Comics MOOC Raises Questions about the Role of Online Education
Nov 21, 2013Online EducationMOOC Providers Consider Bringing On Celebrity Instructors
Nov 6, 2013Online EducationFrostburg State University Lets Freshmen Students Complete First Semester Online
Oct 18, 2013Online EducationAmerican Public Values But Still Has Reservations About Online Education
Oct 7, 2013Online EducationCompanies Collaborate with MOOC Providers to Create Practical Courses
Oct 4, 2013Online EducationUniversity of Florida to Offer Fully Online Bachelor's Degrees by January 2014
Oct 2, 2013Online EducationEmployers' Shifting Views of Degrees from Online Colleges
Sep 24, 2013Online EducationMOOCs Stir Up Controversy at Catholic Colleges
Sep 16, 2013Online EducationMongolian Teen Enrolls at MIT After Acing MOOC Course
Sep 10, 2013Online EducationEdX Joins Forces with Google to Launch Mooc.org
Sep 5, 2013Online EducationUCI to Offer Free Online Course Based on The Walking Dead
Jun 25, 2013Online EducationCommittee of Provosts Expresses Reservations About MOOC Model
Jun 17, 2013Online EducationProfessors Express Concerns About MOOCs' Effects on Copyright Ownership
May 30, 2013Online EducationCoursera Partners with 10 State University Systems
May 15, 2013Online EducationGeorgia Tech and Udacity Partner to Offer $6,000 Master's Degree in Computer Science
May 8, 2013Online EducationCoursera and Chegg to Offer Free Textbooks to MOOC Students
May 2, 2013Online EducationCoursera to Offer MOOCs for Teacher Training
Apr 23, 2013Online EducationMinerva Project Aims to Create an Elite Online University
Apr 5, 2013Online EducationEdX Creates An Automated Essay Grading System, Available to the Public
Mar 20, 2013Online EducationCoursera Courses at UC Santa Cruz Spark Intellectual Property Questions
Mar 18, 2013Online EducationHigher Ed Startup Noodle Education Purchases E-Learning Company Lore
Mar 13, 2013Online EducationCalifornia Bill Could Make State the First to Offer College Credit for Online Courses
Mar 13, 2013Online EducationTextbook-Free Degree by Lumen Learning Initiative Could Save Students 30 Percent of Total Tuition Costs
Feb 25, 2013Online EducationOnline Courses May Widen Educational Achievement Gap, Study Finds
Jan 28, 2013Online EducationLeaders in Online Education Draft a Bill of Rights for Internet Learners
Jan 23, 2013Online EducationBritish Universities Collaborate to Provide MOOCs and Compete with U.S. Online Education
Jan 18, 2013Online EducationSJSU Partners With Udacity to Offer For-Credit Online Courses
Jan 10, 2013Online EducationUC Online Courses Fail to Attract Non-UC Students
Jan 9, 2013Online EducationMassive Open Online Courses: Popular But Not Quite Profitable
Jan 3, 2013Online EducationHarvard Law School Offers First Free Online Course Via edX
Dec 19, 2012Online EducationFlorida Explores Ways to Expand Online Education
Dec 6, 2012Online EducationCoursera Launches Career Service to Connect Students with Jobs
Nov 14, 2012Online EducationCoursera May Start Offering Degree Credit for Some Courses
Nov 10, 2012Online EducationCourseSmart Launches Analytics Tool
Nov 1, 2012Online EducationUdacity Partners With Amara to Translate Educational Videos
Oct 27, 2012Online EducationOnline Education Startup Udacity Raises $15 Million in Funding
Oct 22, 2012Online EducationMinnesota Allows Free Online Courses
Sep 20, 2012Online Education17 Universities Join Coursera
Sep 7, 2012Online EducationedX to Offer Proctored Final Exam Option
Aug 29, 2012Online EducationFree Online Courses for All: An Effective and Sustainable Education Model?
Aug 8, 2012Online EducationUCLA and National Labor College Launch Online Program for Undocumented Immigrants
Jul 19, 2012Online EducationUniversity of Virginia Sparks Debate with Online Education Initiative
Apr 5, 2012Online EducationFormer Snapfish CEO Ben Nelson To Build Elite Online University
Mar 12, 2012Online EducationKhan Academy Releases IPad App
Jan 10, 2012Online EducationU.S. News Releases Its First Top Online Education Programs Ranking
Nov 9, 2011Online EducationStudy Shows Online Education Continues To Grow
Aug 29, 2011Online EducationCollege Presidents Value Online Courses But The Public Disagrees
Aug 16, 2011Online EducationThousands Sign Up For Free Stanford Online Course On Artificial Intelligence
Jun 28, 2011Online EducationNew York Times And USC Partner To Offer Online Classes
Jun 24, 2011Online EducationEncore Career Institute And UCLA Offer Online Classes Specifically For Baby Boomers
Jan 27, 2011Online EducationOnline Education May Help Students Learn More Than Classroom Instruction
Jan 12, 2011Online EducationOregon Students Allowed To Use Spell Check On State Exams
Jan 11, 2011Online EducationGeorgetown Launches Master'S Nursing Degree Online
Dec 17, 2010Online EducationBlind Students Barred From Online Courses
Dec 10, 2010Online EducationProgram Seeks To Improve Online Courses
Nov 29, 2010Online EducationLondon School Of Business Offers Online MBA Program Through Facebook Application
Nov 18, 2010Online EducationOnline Education Enrollment Jumps To 5.6 Million
Nov 12, 2010Online EducationReport Shows ADA Compliance Is An Issue For Online Education
Nov 5, 2010Online EducationSocial Interaction Is Not Always Necessary In Online Education
Aug 23, 2010Online EducationOnline Education And Advances In Educational Technology Are Becoming More Of An Obstacle For Blind Students
Jul 1, 2010Online EducationOnline MBA Schools Try To Promote Interaction
Mar 16, 2010Online EducationAffordable Online Classes Lower College Costs
Feb 2, 2010Online EducationOnline Nursing Degrees On The Rise
Jan 27, 2010Online EducationOnline Education Continues To Grow
Jan 18, 2010Online EducationLabor Union Group Creates Online College
Jan 12, 2010Online EducationFree Online Courses Offered
Dec 16, 2009Online EducationMilitary Attracted To Online Education
Oct 22, 2009Online EducationOnline Education More Expensive But Not Necessarily More Profitable
Oct 20, 2009Online EducationLeading Test Prep Company Acquires Distance Education Provider
Oct 16, 2009Online EducationOnline Education Becoming More Accepted
Oct 2, 2009Online EducationGrowth Of Online Education Slows, But Its Future Remains Rosy
Sep 3, 2009Online EducationReport Describes Faculty Attitudes Towards Online Education
Aug 24, 2009Online EducationOnline Courses Offered To Those Not Online
Aug 6, 2009Online EducationFree Online Courses Take Fresh Approach
Jun 29, 2009Online EducationStudy Indicates Benefits Of Online Education
Feb 18, 2009Online EducationDistance Learning Provides Flexibility In Challenging Circumstances
Feb 4, 2009Online EducationOnline Education Gains Popularity
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