A year on, edX sale to 2U leaves both sides struggling

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MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows

Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U

By Paul Basken

19 July

2U-edX deal shows short courses ‘here to stay’

The $800 million deal could prompt further consolidation within sector, experts say

By Anna McKie

3 July

Introduction days for the exchange students of Maastricht University. The students are being welcomed and informed about the university, studies and temporary hometown.

Digital Universities US: US ‘risks missing out’ on long-term benefits of online learning

Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues

By Paul Basken

11 May

Digital Universities UK: EdX ‘doubling down’ on free courses despite for-profit deal

Access to many courses will remain free, says head of Mooc pioneer, with participants charged for exams, interaction and certificates

By Ben Upton

18 March

A year on, edX sale to 2U leaves both sides struggling

Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value

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A year on, edX sale to 2U leaves both sides struggling

Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value

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MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows

2U-edX deal shows short courses ‘here to stay’

Digital Universities US: US ‘risks missing out’ on long-term benefits of online learning

Digital Universities UK: EdX ‘doubling down’ on free courses despite for-profit deal

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Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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