Coursera expands its MOOC certificate program
Coursera recently announced that it was expanding a program that awards special certificates to students who pass multiple MOOCs.
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MOOC U: The revolution isn’t over
Jeffrey Selingo at the Chronicle of Higher Education argues that although the hype about MOOCs is dying down, they "are changing how students learn, how professors teach and grade, and how higher-education leaders figure out what differentiates face-to-face instruction from online learning."
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Comparing xMOOCs and cMOOCs: Philosophy and practice
Tony Bates, an e-learning and distance education expert, explores the differences in design principles and philosophical positions between xMOOCs and cMOOCs.
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Innovation in open online courses
George Siemens, the director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab at the University of Texas Arlington, discusses the innovative approaches and developments that he is exploring in his edX course, Data, Analytics, and Learning.
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For-profit giant starts competency-based ‘open college’
Kaplan Higher Education is creating a competency-based "Open College" aimed at adults who may already have skills and experience that could qualify for college credits.
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Open UBC
On October 28-29, 2014, UBC will host two days of events showcasing areas of open scholarship, education, and research by UBC’s researchers, faculty, students, and staff, as well as guests from the global community.
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EdX and professional education
Gregor Kiczales discusses edX’s recent announcement that they will offer professional education fee-based courses targeted at “professionals in every industry who need to stay up to speed on the latest developments in their fields.”
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The iTunes of higher education: The rapid rise of online certificates and how they threaten traditional university degree programs
Slate explores the topic of online certificate programs and the potential they have for "unbundling" traditional degrees.
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The real revolution in online education isn’t MOOCs
The Harvard Business Review argues that online competency-based education is going to revolutionize the workforce by creating "high-quality learning pathways that are affordable, scalable, and tailored to a wide variety of industries."
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Lessons learned from Vanderbilt’s first MOOCs
Derek Bruff, the director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, provides an analysis and reflection of the lessons learned from their first three MOOCs, which recently concluded.
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