Two providers of massive open online courses are expanding their course catalogs to try to find a larger global audience. Coursera and edX both announced this week they are doubling the number of ...

How can a nonprofit organization that gives away courses bring in enough revenue to at least cover its costs? That’s the dilemma facing edX, a project led by Harvard University and the Massachusetts ...

The University will partner with online open course provider edX beginning this fall to launch courses in response to the changing needs of students and faculty, Jeffrey HimpeleGS ’96, Director of ...

In a press conference afterward, system leaders said that they had committed to contributing one course by summer 2013 and four by fall 2013. Gene Powell, chairman of the board of regents, said that ...

Amherst College, known for its selectivity, is accustomed to sending rejection notices. But when the liberal-arts beacon this month turned down an invitation to join the exclusive partnership of ...

A course on Mao Zedong’s thought published by Beijing’s Tsinghua University on the virtual education platform edX, co-founded by Harvard and MIT in May 2012, has prompted faculty discussions on edX ...

At the Socializing Credential Innovation panel at SXSWedu on March 10, Jake Schwartz of General Assembly raised an important question. What is more valuable in the credentialing space: credentialing ...

Digital learning platform edX is partnering with Microsoft and General Electric to provide Massachusetts residents with subsidized online courses and guaranteed job interviews. In a November press ...