Online Learning Update

August 9, 2012

No plans for UNC to join with Coursera

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Samuel Mason, The Daily Tar Heel

UNC officials are not ready to log onto the online teaching platform Coursera. But as more schools start to consider the new online platform — which allows anyone with Internet connection to enroll — some believe the transition may be certain. Concerns about academic integrity and finances have kept the UNC system from joining many of its peers in offering free online courses through the new platform, said Suzanne Ortega, senior vice president for academic affairs of the UNC system.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2012/07/no-plans-for-unc-to-join-with-coursera

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