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September 24, 2013 / edX Press

A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course

Online course work has been a staple of American higher education for at least a decade. But over the last few years, a new, more ambitious variant known as a MOOC — massive open online course — has challenged traditional assumptions of what an online course can be.

Read this Article from Alan Finder on The New York Times:
A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course

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September 24, 2013 / edX Press

A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course

Online course work has been a staple of American higher education for at least a decade. But over the last few years, a new, more ambitious variant known as a MOOC — massive open online course — has challenged traditional assumptions of what an online course can be.

Read this Article from Alan Finder on The New York Times:
A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course

About edX

edX is the global online learning platform that fuels the world’s ambition. edX was developed in 2012 by Harvard and MIT to make the world’s best education available to everyone. Today, as a part of 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), edX connects over 86 million people with online learning to meet every professional moment. Together with top-ranked universities and organizations at the forefront of their fields, edX offers thousands of job-relevant programs across nearly every career discipline, from artificial intelligence and robotics to sustainability and public health. Find online courses, certificates, boot camps, and degrees that fuel your ambition at edx.org.

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Email: press@edx.org

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