Why Udacity and EdX Want to Trademark the Degrees of the Future—and What’s at Stake for Students

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Udacity and EdX Want to Trademark the Degrees of the Future—and What’s at Stake for Students
Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge, 2016/11/04

So this is not good. "No one owns the term “master’s degree.” But upstart education providers dream of getting a lock on the words for the next generation of online graduate certifications. More...