Featured series 
Tag: MOOCs
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Nation & World
Insights into online learning
Pioneering online-learning initiative edX offers guidance and support as colleges sort out fall plans.
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Campus & Community
Another disappointment for MOOCs
A new study looking at the efficacy of behavioral interventions for student involvement in online courses offers some suggestions on the road forward.
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Campus & Community
Emerging challenges in digital higher ed
The team at Harvard’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Research hosted digital-learning practitioners from around the nation to discuss common challenges in their work.
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Nation & World
MOOCs ahead
MOOCs (massive open online courses) have sparked explosive growth in both education and opportunity. Consider edX. Since this joint Harvard and MIT online platform launched in 2012, it has attracted…
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Nation & World
On MOOCs and more
Provost Alan Garber issues a white paper on digital and residential education at Harvard.
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Nation & World
The maturing of MOOCs
In a question-and-answer session, the researchers behind the edX platform reflect on the risks, rewards, and changes in online learning.
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Nation & World
Study identifies new cheating method in MOOCs
Researchers from MIT and Harvard have identified a new cheating method in MOOCs, and they suggest how to protect course certification.
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Nation & World
A clearer role for MOOCs
Online courses are unlikely to take over higher education, says Lawrence Bacow, member of the Harvard Corporation and former president of Tufts University, but they can help revitalize learning.
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Nation & World
Massive study on MOOCs
A Harvard and MIT study’s findings suggest that teachers often constitute a significant portion of the participants in MOOCs; that learner intentions matter; and that those with financial stakes have higher completion rates.
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Campus & Community
Reconnecting graduates
The Harvard Alumni Association and HarvardX are launching an experimental online learning and engagement site for University alumni.
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Nation & World
Harvard and MIT release working papers on open online learning
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today released a series of working papers based on 17 online courses offered on the edX platform. Run in 2012 and 2013, the courses drew upon diverse topics — from ancient Greek poetry to electromagnetism — and an array of disciplines, including public health, engineering, and law.
