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MOOCs and Academic Exchanges Now Allowed for Iranian Students

By Phil Hill. Posted on March 20, 2014

One development covered here at e-Literate this year has been the US State Department and Treasury Department forcing the MOOC providers to block access for students in Iran, Sudan, Cuba and Syria. Kris Olds has also provided excellent coverage as well as Carl Straumsheim at Inside Higher Ed. In late January Coursera had to start […]

edX forced to block access to students in Cuba, Iran and Sudan

By Phil Hill. Posted on March 4, 2014

In late January I wrote here and here about the US Treasury Department, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), blocking access to Coursera courses by students in Syria, Cuba, Iran and Sudan (also see Kris Olds article here and IHE article here). The reason for the decision appears to be that MOOCs were classified […]

Coursera blocked in Iran due to human grading and discussion forums?

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 29, 2014

Update: I just received confirmation from a Coursera spokesperson that the description of facts about Coursera’s block of student access in this and my previous blog post is accurate. They cannot comment on the rest of the professor’s statement nor on Udacity and edX. Yesterday I wrote about Coursera having to block access to its […]

Coursera and Udacity, but not edX, blocked in Syria and Iran

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 27, 2014

One of the most-cited aspects of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is their openness – anyone can access the courses with just Internet access and and email address. But this openness might not be valid in all countries based on recent actions. The media site Wamda, which focuses on supporting entrepreneurs in the Middle East […]

MOOC Mania: Stanford AI Course Creates Media Sensation Two Years Ago

By Phil Hill. Posted on August 4, 2013

It was two years ago, give or take a week, that the MOOC mania started. Think about the effects on higher education of this seminal event and how short a time it has been. In the past two years online education and ed tech have moved into the front pages, being discussed in the front […]

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