In April, Coursera grabbed $16 million in venture capital on its way to dramatically shifting the nature of higher education with its Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Kirsten Winkler and I had the ...

"Even young kids have gotten very adept at Minecraft, so it can be quite intimidating for teachers," said Jason Schmidt, an instructional technologist for Bennington Public Schools who will teach the ...

“Even young kids have gotten very adept at Minecraft, so it can be quite intimidating for teachers,” said Jason Schmidt, an instructional technologist for Bennington Public Schools who will teach the ...

Instructure announced today that it’s launching a new service called Canvas Network. The service is being positioned as an alternative to existing MOOC vendors or platforms (such as Coursera or EdX) ...

Image courtesy of Christina Blanch. A Ball State University doctoral candidate in education studies is preparing to teach her second comic book-based MOOC. Blanch's first MOOC, Gender Through Comic ...

The average completion rate for massive open online courses is less than 7 percent, according to data compiled by an Open University doctoral student as part of her own MOOC studies. Katy Jordan, ...

Perceptions of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are evolving, experts say. While learners around the world turn to MOOCs for free information, some online students look to these courses to build ...