Tag Archives: Coursera

Trouble, Trouble, Toil, and Bubble

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

The January 2013 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics contains an interesting symposium on the “The Troubled Future of Colleges and Universities.” All of the contributors come from the elite universities that are the best insulated from having to adapt to … Continue reading →

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Jumping On the MOOC Train

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

A brief update to what I’ve written recently (here and here) about the sweeping changes that massive open-source online courses (MOOCs) are bringing to higher education: Coursera has announced partnership agreements with twelve more universities, including Caltech, Johns Hopkins, the … Continue reading →

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The eBay of Education

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

In my post on the end of the university as we know it, I outlined the financially unsustainable system of higher education in the USA and how organizations like edX (the soon-to-launch amalgamation of MITx and Harvardx), Coursera, and Udacity offer low- to no-cost education to … Continue reading →

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