The MOOC Gender Gap

By Annie Murphy Paul. Online learning may be different for girls, but not in cognitive ways.
To hear some ed tech enthusiasts tell it, online learning is sweeping aside the barriers that have in the past prevented access to education. But such pronouncements are premature. As it turns out, students often carry these barriers right along with them, from the real world into the virtual one. More...

Online learning may be different for girls, but not in cognitive ways.