MOOC 2.0: Open online education moves forward
By Amy Scott. There are some new developments this week in the land of the MOOC. That’s shorthand for the "Massive Open Online Courses" that were supposed to transform higher education as we know it, bringing free education from the likes of Harvard and Stanford to you and me.
MOOC pioneer Coursera has hired a new CEO -- none other than the former long-time president of Yale University, Richard Levin.
Meanwhile Coursera competitor edX has a new president from the business world -- former Vistaprint executive Wendy Cebula. More...