Topic: Distance and Online Education

Harvard and MIT to offer online courses. A step in lowering college costs?

On Wednesday, Harvard and MIT announced they're forming a new organization called edX to deliver online courses to learners around the world. Each school is investing $30 million.

Can one professor teach 500,000 students at once?

Former Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun has already taught a class of 160,000. Now he's aiming to teach 500,000 students.  

In India, the challenge of building 50,000 colleges

To become an economic powerhouse, India needs to educate as many as 100 million young people over the next 10 years – something never done before. 

In Brazil's Amazon, teens go to 'Satellite High'

One distance-learning program in Brazil's Amazon has graduation rates that far surpass the national average in remote areas.

Make college accessible to the masses – and jobless

When American educators can say, "A degree in X means a graduate has mastered the following things," then it shouldn't matter how a person got a degree or where. That will make it possible for many more people to earn degrees, especially online.

University of California considers online bachelor's degree

The University of California hopes to become the country's first top-tier research institution to offer a bachelor’s degree over the Internet that is comparable in quality to its campus program.

The future of college may be virtual

Bricks-and-mortar universities should prepare for a jolt as high (and still rising) costs push students online.

Virtual ivy: why the US needs more e-colleges

US Education Department finds many types of online education are better at raising student achievement than in-person teaching is.

Online school is a cheaper way to educate

Florida Virtual School has less overhead and higher test scores than average public schools.

BYU professor: Colleges obsolete by 2020

Virtual schools see strong growth, calls for more oversight

Half of courses in Grades 9 to 12 will be delivered online by 2019, predicts a new report.

Turn teen texting toward better writing

Teachers who co-opt Web tools for class have the best of both worlds.

For working moms, a way to connect with college

About 40 mothers are receiving scholarships from Project Working Mom to earn degrees online.