Online education

The Coming Revolution in Higher Ed

Distance learning has been around for a long time. Educational radio and television programs and correspondence courses have existed for decades, but last year Harvard and M.I.T. announced something new with the launch of edX, a  nonprofit partnership that promised to reach countless students around the world by providing online classes free of charge. Some believe […]

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