The Penn community is weighing the benefits and drawbacks of a future invested in online education. Since the University announced its partnership with Coursera last spring, it has launched five ...

Imagine a world where college level courses, taught by leading professors at top-notch universities like Penn, are at the fingertips of any motivated citizen — for free. Log onto Coursera on a ...

Not too long ago, Coursera reigned as an Editors' Choice winner for free online learning services because it hosted video lectures from real universities at no cost to you. Although it's still an ...

Administrators and professors at the University of Virginia have declared the university’s first round of worldwide online classes a success, promising more offerings on the Coursera network in the ...

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Five University professors who taught online courses through the new online platform Coursera last fall discussed their experiences at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on ...

So far, MOOCs are great for lectures with talking heads, whiteboards and PowerPoint slides. However, while lectures and auto feedback may be great for learning things like computer science, this ...

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 ...