By Sean Griffey, Education Dive
edX and GEMS Education announced a partnership during the Global Education & Skills Forum to bring MOOC courses to pre-university students. While edX has previously worked with Davidson College and The College Board to launch AP modules in calculus, macroeconomics, and physics, GEMS will be the first exclusive K-12 provider on its platform. Currently, only 5% of edX’s 2 million world-wide users are K-12 students. The first GEMS courses are scheduled to rollout in late 2014. Marc Boxser, GEMS Director for External Relations & Strategic Initiatives, indicated that the organization has not yet determined which group of students they will target with initial offerings but anticipates the focus will be on late secondary education.
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