The ongoing discussion about online learning and its evolving role within higher education continued Thursday afternoon at a talk given by Sebastian Thrun, co-founder and chief executive officer of ...

Udacity is an online learning platform that offers both free and paid courses. Udacity students build their knowledge and skills in subjects like programming, product design, data science, product ...

Google and Udacity have teamed up to offer 12 free career courses for recent graduates, mid-career professionals and those re-entering the workforce. The duo tested out the concept in March, when ...

More and more education platforms are becoming fully online. The e-learning market was pegged at a hefty $166.5 billion last year, and is estimated to grow up to $255 billion by 2017. Udacity’s AI ...

Many organizations face the challenge of bridging the skill gap in their workforce. Corporate learning management systems (LMS) not only help businesses in upskilling their employees but also save a ...

Coursera has teamed up with the University of Pennsylvania to offer a fully online master’s degree in computer and information technology, CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said today. Unlike the majority of ...

I had a resentment for the kids at college who had their own car, a bottomless pit of cash and unconditional moral support from their parents and didn’t have the need for the 10 best websites like ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Online courses have wildly mixed reputations, ranging from mediocre for-profit tutorials to revolutionary education equalizers. Sebastian Thrun has been in this space since the early ...

This article is part of the collection: A Lifetime of Back to School: Microcredentials in Higher Education. No one owns the term “master’s degree.” But upstart education providers dream of getting a ...

Google has a problem, and it's turning to Sebastian Thrun, the godfather of online higher education, for an answer. "There's a huge shortage of Android developers," said Thrun, the cofounder and CEO ...

I had a resentment for the kids at college who had their own car, a bottomless pit of cash and unconditional moral support from their parents and didn’t have the need for the 10 best websites like ...