Online Education

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• 'A tipping point for higher ed': Google launches new low-cost online programs for high-demand jobs | Fortune Education — Google Career Certificate university partnerships offer low-cost workforce training
• Given What We Don't Know, Blocking Fully Online Degrees Was Right Call — UC system online degree ban defended amid lack of quality evidence
• Harvard Held the Future of Education in Its Hands. Then We Sold It. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson — Harvard and MIT sold edX nonprofit to for-profit 2U risking free online education access
• Meet the 'new predators in higher education' who are driving students deeper into debt — Online program managers exploit tuition-sharing loophole driving student debt
• The Corporations Devouring American Colleges — How online program managers (OPMs) extract profit from university online degrees
• UC Berkeley is partnering with Coursera to train graduate students in engineering online. Here's what you need to know | Fortune Education — UC Berkeley online MAS-E engineering degree for working professionals