Online Learning Update

September 9, 2012

Comparing Khan Academy, Coursera, Udacity, & edX missions, offerings

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

By Bruno B. F. Faviero, MIT

With most new markets comes competition, as is the case with online education. Today, there are four major platforms that produce content specifically for online instruction: Coursera, Udacity, and edX, which provide university-level content, and Khan Academy, which largely targets K-12 education. While they all offer content designed specifically for web-based instruction, they differ slightly in missions, delivery, and focus.

http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N34/education.html

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