Futurelearn picks league table stars for debut line-up

By Chris Parr. Traditional values for OU-led Mooc platform that aims to rival US providers.
The institutions chosen to feature on the UK's new open online course platform have been selected on the basis of their performance in domestic league tables, according to the vice-chancellor of The Open University, which is leading the project.
Last week, the institution launched Futurelearn, which will carry so-called "Moocs" (massive open online courses) from 12 UK universities and aims to rival US providers such as Coursera, Udacity and edX.
Futurelearn is the first UK-based Mooc platform. Eight of the universities are members of the Russell Group of large research-intensive institutions, two are from the 1994 Group of small research-intensives, one is non-aligned and The Open University is part of the University Alliance. Read more...