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Stanford Professors Receive Grants for Online Learning
For anyone who has ever dreamed of studying at Stanford, the university announced good news this week: Stanford professors were the recipients of grants to expand the use of massive open online courses...
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Online Learning Site Raises $100 Million
The California-based online learning site Lynda.com raised an incredible $103 million in its first round of funding, according to the company’s press release. This money will allow the site to enhance...
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Brown University Alumni Join Fast-Growing Coursera
Three Brown University alumni have joined the Coursera team to help expand the online education platform for 2013. Jerry Charumilind, Anne Trumbore, and Norian Caporale-Berkowitz have all joined the...
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Lynda.com Buys European Video Site to Expand Training Library
The popular subscription-based online learning site lynda.com has acquired video2brain, a video training company located in Graz, Austria. Lynda.com produces instructional videos for business and...
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AVer’s iPad Projector App To Offer New Classroom Solution
AVer is helping the world of higher education go mobile – as much in the classroom as outside of it. According to a Feb. 26 press release, the company has announced its new TabCam solution, an...
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Stanford Moves to edX for Open-Source Learning
Stanford’s venture into online education continues with the school’s latest announcement that it will be using the open-source learning platform edX to host its online courses. EdX began as a nonprofit...
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Proposed Distance Learning Regulatory Changes Offer Students More...
Higher education institutions seeking to offer distance learning courses throughout the United States may soon find regulatory and cost burdens eased. On April 11, 2013, former Secretary of Education...
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New Online College Provides Opportunities for Students to Complete Bachelor’s...
South Carolina residents who have successfully completed at least 60 college credits can now complete their Bachelor’s degrees from anywhere thanks to a new online college launching this spring....
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Students Seeking Online Degrees Now More Like Traditional On Campus Students,...
Students seeking online degrees are more like traditional on-campus students than in years past, a new study reveals. The 2013 Online College Students Report, co-authored by The Learning House, Inc....
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Blackboard Offers Flexible Platform for Schools Who Want to Join the MOOC...
Blackboard Inc. announced in a press release that it will offer a new platform for schools that want to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) without having to use the MOOC platforms currently on...
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Coursera Receives $43 Million to Improve Platform
Coursera has received $43 million in funding from Learn Capital, Laureate Education Inc., GSV Capital and several other investors, the company announced in a press release. The money is expected to be...
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Books Examines History, Future of MOOCs
A new book takes a detailed look at the state of Massive Open Online Classrooms (MOOCs), finding they are neither a passing fad nor the savior of higher education. However, the book finds, they could...
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Marco Rubio Proposes Big Changes in Higher Education
The United States Congress should establish an accreditation agency to assess the value of free college-level courses offered over the Internet, according to Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator and potential...
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