Coursera Partners with Instagram, Shazam, Snapdeal and 500 Startups on Specializations Coursera announced this morning new top tier tech companies as partners to support its Specialization Programs. Charlie Chung Feb 11th, 2015
Get Mentored on Managing the Arts: A Unique Mentored Open Online Course Opportunity The following is a guest post by Professor Nishant Shah, Felix Seyfarth, and Mariam Haydeyan of Leuphana Digital School. Charlie Chung Feb 9th, 2015
Data Science Specialization Makes Coursera Millions in Revenue Since April 2014, 1.76 million enrollments in Johns Hokins Data Science courses. Charlie Chung Feb 8th, 2015
Better than Stereotypes: the Lived Experience of Muslims in Britain There is a new MOOC on Muslims living in the UK. There will be an introduction to Islam, a look at Muslim life, and opportunities for discussion. Charlie Chung Feb 6th, 2015
Moving Energy Policy Forward or Sideways? The Shale Gas Fracking Debate Professor Sarah O’Hara discusses her MOOC on the shale gas and fracking revolution, which has contributed to large new sources of energy. Charlie Chung Feb 1st, 2015
Why are We so Afraid of the Ebola Virus? Dr. Derek Gatherer of Lancaster University talks about the Ebola virus and his upcoming MOOC on Ebola. Charlie Chung Jan 26th, 2015
Learn about Solution-based Journalism with Daniel Heimpel Daniel Heimpel, lecturer at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, talks about solution journalism and his MOOC, starting March 4. Charlie Chung Jan 12th, 2015
Futurelearn Celebrates First Year and Comes Out of Beta Futurelearn celebrates its first year and comes out of beta. It has had nearly 800,000 students taking 1.7M courses. Charlie Chung Dec 23rd, 2014
MIT Entrepreneurship Courses Continue to Innovate as they Teach Thousands Online MIT’s Entrepreneurship MOOCs allow students to learn about customer focus, and see and hear entrepreneurs from MIT’s network. Charlie Chung Dec 18th, 2014
Coursera Entrepreneurship MOOC Offers a Chance to Work with Accelerator 500 Startups Coursera Entrepreneurship Specialization to Partner with 500 Startups, with promising projects selected to apply to 500 Startups accelerator. Charlie Chung Dec 15th, 2014
iversity Plots a New Path for European MOOCs Hannes Klopper, CEO of iversity sat down with Class Central to discuss iversity’s history and unique vision for European MOOCs. Charlie Chung Dec 8th, 2014
Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly Criticizes Public Funding of Abortion Education MOOC Bill O’Reilly criticizes Abortion education MOOC developed by UCSF and Coursera. Charlie Chung Oct 29th, 2014