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Penn's Course A Leader In New Online Move

The University of Pennsylvania is at the forefront of what may be the first significant move to make Massive Open Online Courses count for credit, officials announced Wednesday.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Four Coursera Online Classes Are Deemed Worthy Of College Credit

The American Council on Education's decision is viewed as as a reputation and financial boost for the emerging industry of massive open online courses.

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The Los Angeles Times

The Real Trouble With Online Higher Ed

The past few weeks have seen twists and turns in the ongoing debate about the quality and worth of online learning, and its role in the future of higher ed.

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The Huffington Post

Eight Brilliant Minds on the Future of Online Education

The advent of massively open online classes (MOOCs) is the single most important technological development of the millennium so far. I say this for two main reasons.

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Harvard Business Review

A College Experience You Can Count On

A wristwatch metaphor for higher ed in the age of MOOCs

‘Bill Of Rights’ Wants To Keep Massive Online Classes From Being ‘Instagram Of Higher Ed’

A group of educators, including online course startup Udacity, today released a “Bill of Rights” meant to protect the interests of students in online education.

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Gigaom

Revolution Hits the Universities

Nothing has more potential to lift more people out of poverty — by providing them an affordable education to get a job or improve in the job they have.

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The New York Times

A Conversation with Tony Bates

Education Innovators
Tim Goral
University Business, Feb 2013

Tony Bates is the author of 11 books in the field of online learning and distance education. In addition to his most recent title, Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning (Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co. 2011), Bates moderates a widely read blog about online learning and distance education resources at www.tonybates.ca. Popular with audiences at education conferences around the world, Bates will be a featured speaker at UBTech 2013 in Orlando.

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Public Universities to Offer Free Online Classes for Credit

In an unusual arrangement with a commercial company, dozens of public universities plan to offer an introductory online course free and for credit to anyone worldwide, in the hope that those who pass will pay tuition to complete a degree program.

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The New York Times

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