The online learning platform known as 2U announced Tuesday that it will be acquiring edX, a nonprofit platform run by Harvard and MIT, for $800 million. Officials with edX say the group sought the ...

A pair of big edtech names in higher education are coming together. Lanham, Maryland-based 2U will be acquiring fellow edtech firm edX for $800 million, the company announced Tuesday. 2U will be ...

Anant Agarwal, the president of EdX- Harvard, and MIT's $60 million online learning venture, is a bit of a rock star. Last year, Agarwal taught EdX's first massive open online course (MOOC), a course ...

Students using Harvard and MIT’s edX courses take significantly less time to complete the online programs than students enrolled in the equivalent on-campus classes do, a wide-ranging report on the ...

He is a 17-year-old whiz-kid from Jabalpur, India who harbored aspirations of building a resume capable of getting him into MIT. She is a 33-year-old server and office technician for the Cheesecake ...

Harvard and MIT have announced the EdX project, which will put interactive courses from both universities online for free starting this fall. Harvard and MIT have announced the EdX project, which will ...

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Online education is getting a sudden burst of media attention. That’s because the two biggest brands in the business – Harvard and MIT – announced a multi-million dollar program to deliver some ...