Registration Opens for BU’s First MOOCs

By Leslie Friday. University rethinks the classroom experience, offers it globally.
Registration for BU’s first four MOOCs (massive open online courses) opened yesterday, signaling the University’s official entrance into a new form of higher education that rethinks the current classroom model and offers it—free of charge—to a global audience.
“In the world of today, success comes out of being different and not just another copy of a mold,” says Chris Dellarocas, director of the Digital Learning Initiative (DLI), which develops BU’s MOOCs and distributes seed grants to faculty with innovative ideas for online education. More...