Iran’s Students to Have U.S. Online Courses
As a followup to the story we covered in January about the U.S. State Department blocking MOOC access from economically sanctioned countries, Coursera will now have the ban partially lifted.
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Critics Challenge MOOC Leaders to a Debate
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education has challenged the leaders of Udacity, edX, and Coursera to a debate about the “claims and promises” of the online education industry
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Wendy Cebula was named president of edX. At Coursera, Richard C. Levin was named the company’s new CEO.
» Read moreAnant Agarwal: Why MOOCs (Still) Matter
The head of edX, Anant Agarwal, makes the case that MOOCs still matter — as a way to share high-level learning widely and supplement (but perhaps not replace) traditional classrooms.
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