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Struggling with low completion rates, some providers of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have launched a new strategy to increase student motivation. And it’s social. Social media platform LinkedIn announced this week it would begin a pilot program to allow students to display online courses they have completed on their LinkedIn profile. That way, students may be able to market themselves ... Read More »

This week, professional networking site LinkedIn unveiled their newest product, University Pages (having paved the way for the launch by lowering their minimum age of admission to 14). University Pages is a lot like an education-focused version of LinkedIn itself, with a dash of the original version of Facebook (remember when that was just for college kids?). Grads can connect ... Read More »