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Questrom offers online MicroMasters program to facilitate graduate degree

Andres Picon April 20, 2017

Boston University’s Questrom School of Business will offer a set of free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, starting this May. The courses will be part of a MicroMasters program that will help facilitate...

Boston University will be adding two more courses this year to the Massive Online Open Course program. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adds two MOOCs to course catalog

Anush Swaminathan September 25, 2015

Boston University is preparing to expand its catalog of Massive Open Online Courses this year, adding a course on risk management and on the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture exam in October...

MOOCs growing in scope, popular among teachers, study finds

Katherine Merwin April 7, 2015

A Wednesday joint study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University examined the use and demographic trends of Massive Online Open Course users, according to a Wednesday press...

The National Association of the Deaf filed lawsuits against Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology because their Massive Open Online Courses do not provide accommodations for the deaf, according to a Thursday press release by the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center. PHOTO BY MKSMITH23/FLICKR

Harvard, MIT sued for not captioning online content

Amanda Burke February 17, 2015

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are facing two federal class action lawsuits filed by the National Association of the Deaf and four hearing-impaired students, claiming the...

BU launches online courses, slates 5 to debut by 2015

Stephanie Pagones October 2, 2014

Boston University rolled out two Massive Open Online Courses in September and will offer three additional MOOCs this academic year, providing any student with access to the Internet a free, quality education...

Professor Emeritus Andrew Bacevich is offering the Pardee School of Global Studies’ first Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, which allows anyone in the world to join and fit the class into his or her individual schedule. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY STANISLAVA LABETSKAYA/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Pardee school launches first MOOC

Stephanie Pagones September 30, 2014

Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies opened its first Massive Open Online Course Wednesday, free and accessible to all students with Internet access around the world. The...

Keeping up with the times: BU adopts alternative education methods to embrace modernization

Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

Attach the word “alternative” to a term and it instantly appeals to our generation. Alternative music, alternative lifestyles, alternative clothing, even alternative education are all concepts that...

BU to offer MOOCs after joining online course platform edX

Daily Free Press Admin May 21, 2013

Boston University will join online course platform edX to create increased flexible learning options for students both on and off campus, according to a Tuesday press release. “This is a very deliberate...

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