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MOOCs and Academic Exchanges Now Allowed for Iranian Students

By Phil Hill. Posted on March 20, 2014

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina

By Michael Feldstein. Posted on December 19, 2013

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While it is well hidden, wrapped in a very careful press release, Phil’s sharp eye has caught the details in SJSU’s press release about the next phase in the Udacity pilot that suggest the partnership between the school and the company is winding down. When Carl Straumsheim of Inside Higher Ed asked an SJSU spokesperson point-blank […]

SJSU and Udacity End Game: 3 courses to be offered for-credit on Canvas LMS

By Phil Hill. Posted on December 17, 2013

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After a great deal of publicity from their spring and summer pilots, San Jose State University has just announced that they will offer three of the courses again in Spring 2014 – but with a twist. On the surface, the announcement sounds like a continuation of the pilot. This spring, San Jose State will offer […]

MOOC history as presented at AACN13 conference

By Phil Hill. Posted on December 10, 2013

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With all of the great discussions spawned by the “greatest MOOC conference in the history of MOOCs” (MRI13), it seems a good time to share a segment of a keynote presentation I gave last year on MOOC history. This presentation was at the American Association of the Colleges of Nursing (AACN) conference in April 2013. For context, I […]
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