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People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them. Read >>
Jeffrey Beall has criticized the publisher on his blog. The company, based in India, says his comments are criminal under Indian law. Read >>
The university and Udacity are partners in the project, with support from AT&T. Degree-seeking students will have to apply and wi Read >>
While a faculty union rips one university president over MOOC partnerships, a provost at another university defers action until a for Read >>
Coursera and the textbook-rental site Chegg are teaming up to bring high-quality, mainstream textbooks into the low-cost, online lear Read >>
A group of scholars convened to discuss the lesser-noticed consequences of innovation. Read >>
Faculty at several colleges have pushed back against online teaching collaborations with outside vendors, saying they want to use tec Read >>
In an open letter, the San Jose professors worry that public higher education will suffer if scholar-student interaction is replaced Read >>
The university's Arts & Sciences Council rejected a partnership with 2U, which had formed a consortium of top colleges to of Read >>
Amherst's rejection of edX could signal the end of the honeymoon phase for massive open online courses. Read >>
Some librarians say the founder of Edwin Mellen Press is a bully for his legal threats against bloggers who criticize his company. Bu Read >>
"What we look for is eye movement," says one veteran of the online-test-proctoring industry. It's "almost instrus Read >>
Many founders of education start-ups share the optimistic belief that if you change the world, money will follow. Read >>
David Levy's course at the University of Washington puts technology in its place—in the control of students. Read >>
In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the Read >>
As more colleges rush to offer free online courses, it's worth asking who might be left out for lack of high-speed Internet acce Read >>
MOOCs and other online tools are likely to enhance education, not cut tuition, at colleges like Harvard and MIT, said participants at Read >>
The nonprofit is giving university partners two options for sharing in the money its MOOCs bring in. But first, they have to bring it Read >>
A scholarly press's lawsuit will have a chilling effect on academic freedom, say supporters of the librarian. Read >>
One hundred students in the library with their smartphones and iPads can mean more than 200 bandwidth-guzzling Wi-Fi connections. Read >>
At memorials for Aaron Swartz, thoughts turn to the open-Internet goals he pursued and reform of the statute used to prosecute him. Read >>