Computer scientists sometimes refer to the tracking logs that come out of software as the “exhaust.” Much of the early research that we are seeing on MOOCs (my own forthcoming included) is simply the ...

Six months ago if someone were to tell me that she is following a MOOC I wouldn’t have known what she meant, MOOC News & Reviews reports. Halfway through an online course on Introductions to Genetics ...

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are popular. This much we know. But as investors and higher ed prognosticators squint into their crystal balls for hints of what this popularity could portend ...

Although the public’s faith in traditional, brick and mortar higher education is dwindling, college tuition prices keep rising. A Pew Research Center national poll found that 57 percent of prospective ...

A lot has changed since 2012 or, the year the New York Times dubbed the "Year of the MOOC." The premise back then was that classes would make high-quality online education accessible for all—and for ...

In the seven years since colleges and companies first started experimenting with large-scale online courses known as MOOCs, more than 100 million people have given them a try—though how they are used ...

The University of Chicago became the last of the country%27s top 10 universities to announce it would begin offering MOOCs The nation%27s two largest public university systems are working toward ...

Editors' Note: This is the fourth of a four-part series on education reform, online technology, and the future of learning. I am one of the signers of the open letter by the professors of philosophy ...

A majority of college and university students in the U.S. are female, but MOOCs flip that balance and then some. And in some courses, like engineering and computer science, participants are almost ...

With forethought and support, science instructors can design effective massive open online courses. You have full access to this article via your institution ...

A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these “massive open online courses” stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher education. Their interactive ...