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2U now offers online MOOC courses from top schools for credit

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Regenerative Economy

2U One-Ups MOOCs, Coursera, Now Offers Online Undergrad Courses From Top Schools For Credit Rip Empson, techcrunch.com Four years after it launch­ing its first grad­u­ate pro­gram with USC, 2U today has announced its foray into under­grad­u­ate edu­ca­tion through a new pro­gram called Semes­ter Online. The com­pa­ny will be pow­er­ing a vir­tu­al class­room… Related articles Exploring … Continue reading 2U now offers online MOOC courses from top schools for credit

Coursera partners with universities to create new science, humanities and engineering programs

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Regenerative Economy

  Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes - NYTimes.com.   Two more Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller have broken off to create a new online learning startup called Coursera with financial backing from two of Silicon Valley’s premier venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates. The startup will … Continue reading Coursera partners with universities to create new science, humanities and engineering programs