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Udacity teams up with AT&T and launches "Nanodegrees"Udacity in collaboration with AT&T is offering its first degree program that could teach students the kinds of skills needed to win jobs in the employment market. This degree termed as "Nano Degrees" will be offered online and it involves less than a year of coursework, and costs about $200 per month. AT&T offers paid internships to some NanoDegree graduates and has committed to hire graduates of its NanoDegree program.
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Blackboard brings facial recognition authentication to online educationKeyLemon in partnership with Blackboard will include facial recognition in Blackboard's online education suite. According to KeyLemon the biometric ID used will give users fast authentication that enhances online learning experience.
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Free History MOOC Course Going Online in SeptemberA University in Dublin is making its foray into MOOCs with a free history course this September. It is a six week course on "Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland's History 1912-1923". This pilot MOOC is offered via FutureLearn for free with an option of purchasing a "statement of participation" for about €30.
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Compare and contrast online & traditional coursesAllclasses.com is a search engine designed to help learners compare both traditional and online classes from around the web. At present there are around 10,000 classes to comb through and they have already isolated over a quarter of a million course providers globally.
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Study the intricacies behind turning frowns upside downThe MOOC course "The Science of Happiness" will teach about the theories of positive psychology. It is offered via edX, an online learning platform, for students all over the world. This eight week course has been created by an interdisciplinary scientific research center that studies human well-being.
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Learn a Master's degree in Higher Education onlineThe Master of Education in Higher Education is a 30-credit professional degree program designed to prepare students and professionals for the field of postsecondary education. The online delivery program includes on-demand viewing of classes and interactive forums with classmates.
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Improve your writing skills before entering college"Thinking like a writer" is a MOOC course from an U.S. university with the option of choosing for-credit and certificate on completion. It is especially designed for the newly entering college students, business people and students for whom writing is a hindrance but can help advance their career.
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Online learning expands ten fold in IndonesiaOnline education is rapidly changing into a major trend in Indonesia. Within the past 2 years there have been countless investments in web-based learning, deriving from its prominent universities and colleges. They have college ranking sites and search engines to assist learners to choose the most suitable online programs.
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Udacity offers Master's degree in MOOC styleUdacity, an online MOOC provider, in partnership with a U.S. elite university offers Master's degree course costing less than $7000. This offer has attracted many students to learn online. There seems to be a change in approach to the MOOCs.
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Want to negotiate in teams? Take this MOOC"Psychology of Negotiations" is a MOOC by a German university in which the learners will conduct negotiations in teams and deal with the topic of Commons. It is a course in English, free of charge, without any prerequisites and open to anyone around the world. Successful learners may get a certificate for a nominal fee of EUR 20 with 5 Credit Points.