MOOCs: Coursera Adds 13 New Partner Institutions and Passes 100 Total Partners Mark

As of today Coursera has partnered with 107 institutions and offers more than 500 classes.
From the Coursera Blog:

Joining Coursera today, we have Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Koç University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), IESE Business School, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), National Geographic Society, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Saint Petersburg State University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Università Bocconi, University of Lausanne, and University of Manchester.

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Since many of you have an interest in all things  MOOC here’s a new infographic from Coursera loaded with facts and stats about the company.

More MOOCs: Recent Commentary

1. MOOCs and the Cycle of Hype (via The Scholarly Kitchen)
by Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.
2. MOOCs: Too Much Hype, or Not Enough? (via Wired)
by Dr. Jeff Borden, Pearson

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