Moocs model moves into community colleges

By Chris Parr. Students at two US community colleges are to be given access to a tailored online computer science programme delivered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The specially adapted Mooc (massive open online course) is the first to be offered to community colleges by online learning platform edX, and will see students at Bunker Hill and MassBay Community Colleges, both in Massachusetts, receive tuition from some of the world's leading computer scientists.
The collaboration has been funded by a $1 million (£630,000) grant from the Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organisation set up by the Microsoft co-founder and his wife, as part of a $9 million investment to support breakthrough learning models in postsecondary education. Read more...