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September 25, 2014 / edX Press

Why Free Online Classes Are Still the Future of Education

The MOOC was The Next Big Thing—and then it was written off for dead. But for Anant Agarwal, one of the founding fathers of this online reboot of university education, it’s only just getting started.

Read this Article from Issie Lapowsky on Wired:
Why Free Online Classes Are Still the Future of Education

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