Purdue University Announces Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering on edX
Purdue University became the 7th edX partner to launch a MOOC-based Master’s degree with the company. The Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering costs $22.5k and consists of 30 credits ($750/credit). It can take anywhere from 1 – 4 years to finish. This degree competes head-on with a similar degree from the University of Colorado,…
EdX Puts Up A Paywall for Graded Assignments
Disclosure: To support our site, Class Central may be compensated by some course providers. December 17, 2018 3 minute read Comments It finally happened. Early this year, edX removed the word free from their homepage and announced that they would soon start testing a support fee. (Class Central cataloged a few of the tests here.)…
Boston University Announces Online MBA on edX
Earlier this week, Boston University’s Questrom School of Business announced it will be launching an online MBA on edX. The new program will be the 10th MOOC-based master’s degree offered on edX and will receive its first student cohort in fall 2020. (For a complete list of rigorous online degrees, head to our article 35+…
University of Michigan Now Has MOOCs on Three Major Platforms
FutureLearn and the University of Michigan (U-M) have recently announced a partnership with three MOOCs to start on October 14 and more to come in the future. This means that U-M now has courses on three large MOOC providers: Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn. U-M already has a range of courses on Coursera and edX. The…
A New (co-)CEO for edX: Previous President and COO Adam Medros
EdX, the non-profit MOOC provider backed by MIT and Harvard, has announced the appointment of Adam Medros as co-CEO. He will lead the company alongside the founder and CEO Anant Agarwal. Adam joined edX back in October 2017 as the COO and President. He came from a 13-year stint at Tripadvisor (it’s like Class Central,…