Latest Massive open online course Stories
MOOCs span STEM, history, sociology, and Shakespeare WELLESLEY, Mass., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wellesley College, the first liberal arts college to join the Harvard-MIT free online learning collaborative edX, announced its initial courses: Introduction to Human Evolution (Fall 2013, taught by Adam Van Arsdale); Was Alexander Great? The Life, Leadership, and Legacies of History's Greatest Warrior (Spring 2014, taught by Guy MacLean Rogers); Introduction to Global...
Yorkville University’s Dr. Rita Kop has assumed the role of the Dean of Education in light of Dr. Dorothy MacKeracher’s retirement on May 1, 2013. Yorkville University is delighted Dr. MacKeracher will continue to be an active member of the faculty on the Program in Adult Education whilst Dr. Kop begins her new role. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Yorkville University held a small and elegant reception last week to celebrate the contributions Dorothy MacKeracher has made to the...
Institute teams with Udacity, AT&T to launch first-of-its-kind advanced degree program ATLANTA, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing announced today that it will offer the first professional Online Master of Science degree in computer science (OMS CS) that can be earned completely through the "massive online" format. The degree will be provided in collaboration with online education leader Udacity Inc. and AT&T. All OMS CS course...
Company Instructor to Present Insights on Responsive Typography and the Future of Web Design BOSTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquent, the leading global staffing organization dedicated to marketing, creative, and digital professionals, and its new division Vitamin T, today announced it will join the digital media industry in New York City for Internet Week New York 2013 from May 20(th) to 27(th). In addition, Jim Webb, the instructor for Aquent's upcoming massive open online...
Partnership Makes Top Educational Content Accessible to Coursera Students, Makes Online College Courses More Comprehensive SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chegg, the student hub, today announced a new strategic partnership with Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, to provide digital content such as eTextbooks and other supplemental tools to students taking Coursera courses online. This collaboration will provide students improved access...
myCloud Holdings’ MOOCDOM project offers employers the ability to train potential and current workers to meet the growing skills gap. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 According to McKinsey Global Institute, June 2012, World at Work, Jobs, Pay and Skills for 3.5 Billion People, projections indicate that by 2020 there will be over 85,000,000 unfilled skilled jobs with an unemployed workforce exceeding 95,000,000 potential employees without the skills required to fill those jobs....
POTSDAM, Germany, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) is supporting the educational initiative of the software company SAP AG to offer interactive online courses open to everyone - so-called MOOCs. These courses, backed by technology and know-how from HPI and starting on May 27th, will focus on SAP software products. The Potsdam institute, who refers to this latest venture as "pioneering work in the economy," is the first institute of higher...
Although India has made great strides in recent years to become a global leader in Digital Technologies, illiteracy is still a nationwide epidemic that has yet to be resolved. More than a third of the Indian people cannot read or write. New York, New York (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Although India has made great strides in recent years to become a global leader in Digital Technologies, illiteracy is still a nationwide epidemic that has yet to be resolved. More than a third of the Indian...
FARMINGTON, Conn., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Driven by a myriad of powerful market forces and a broken cost model, massively open online courses (MOOCs) are shaping the higher education industry. MOOCs will change how higher education is paid for in the future, but the models and monetization strategies are still unclear. If the rise of MOOCs means higher education will be increasingly commoditized and nudge prices on a downward trend, this might spell trouble for...
edX Learning Platform to be open source and available on June 1 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and STANFORD, Calif., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanford University and edX, the not-for-profit online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), today announced their collaboration to advance the development of edX's open source learning platform and provide free and open online learning tools for institutions around the world. As part...
