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October 30, 2013
edX: CNBC Disruptor 50
edX is included in CNBC's round-up of leading innovators. From hundreds of companies nominated by venture capitalists, industry analysts, and beat reporters, CNBC has created the ultimate list of 50 innovators.
October 23, 2013
Interview with Anant Agarwal, President of edX
The chief of the online learning destination on virtual biology labs and why blended online and in-person courses are the future.
October 9, 2013
China Is Getting A Huge Online Education Platform
EdX and Coursera announce initiatives to bring free online video-based college courses to China.
September 24, 2013
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.
July 31, 2013
MOOCs: The fall of the ivory tower?
Opening Learning. MOOCS, massive open online courses, may change the university and college system for ever. High drop-out rates aren't a cause for concern says Anant Agarwal, who runs one.
July 23, 2013
edX featured on Colbert Report
Anant Agarwal, president of edX, was interviewed by Stephen Colbert. Anant described how edX and its courses increase access to higher education around the world, improve the on-campus experience for
May 1, 2013
EdX turns 1: Now what?
Across the country, thousands of college biology instructors give lectures every year on the fundamental biochemical process of breaking down sugar, known as glycolysis. Are all those lectures necessa
October 14, 2012
100,000 sign up for Harvard's first free online courses
CAMBRIDGE — About 100,000 people have signed up for Harvard University's first free online courses. The free courses, which begin today, are computer science and an adaptation of the Harvard School of
October 1, 2012
What Campuses Can Learn From Online Teaching
Higher education is at a crossroads not seen since the introduction of the printing press. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other campuses, the upheaval today is coming from the technological change posed by online education. But that's only the half of it.
September 30, 2012
5 Ways That edX Could Change Education
Since MIT and Harvard started edX, their joint experiment with free online courses, the venture has attracted enormous attention for opening the ivory tower to the world.
