I’m the kind of guy who worries when something gets too popular, and I’m starting to wonder if that’s the case with technology in education.

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Elsevier will offer free (but basic) digital versions of one of its textbooks to MOOC students through edX, hoping it will drive traditional sales.

I would be really curious to know how Coursera is going to judge the success or failure of this class. What criteria will they use? From my ...

Although universities are usually slow to change, several high-profile institutions in recent months have begun to experiment with offering courses to unprecedented numbers of simultaneous learners anywhere in the world for free. These initiatives, often referred to as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), have the following potential avenues: to expand access to learning opportunities, eliminate many geographic and economic barriers to education, create more diverse learning communities, transform lifelong learning, and augment face-to-face and traditional education in new ways. However, while MOOCs present new opportunities, they also raise a number of important questions for higher education administrators, faculty, and students.

One of the most intriguing elements of the new online education startup Coursera was its use of peer assessment rather than automated grading software. But many students are taking issue with the

How will MOOCs change the financial models of universities that have built revenue streams with credit courses online?