The Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013, Tuesday

The Wall Street Journal

October 29, 2013, Tuesday

The Wall Street Journal (full article)

First-of-Its-Kind Online Master's Draws Wave of Applicants

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with its MOOC partner edX, is starting a course sequence called the XSeries, For up to $700, students will be able to take a test and earn a "verified certificate" in subjects like computer science and supply-chain management.

"I think this is symptomatic of a lot of what we're going to be seeing in the future," said Ronald Ehrenberg, the director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.