Coursera partners with state universities to bring online education to millions

Coursera just announced a partnership with some of the largest state universities in a bid to bring online education to millions of students.

Stanford for everybody! Professor launches startup to make elite education available to all

NovoEd launched today to make access to courses from prestigious educational institutions available to anyone, starting with Stanford.

Digital learning finds a bigger home in California’s state university system

At a press conference today, San Jose State University announced it would be expanding its online course offering, and opening a facility for adaptive and blended learning.

Online education gets legit: California bill would give college credit

A landmark bill has been proposed in the Senate to force California's universities to give credit for online classes.

Thinkful’s custom code tutoring may help you land a job

Thinkful's virtual tutoring platform provides personalized training for college students in practical skills like web development and design.

Quad Learning builds $11M bridge from community to higher education

Education startup Quad Learning helps students transition from community college to four-year universities to lower the cost of earning a bachelor's degree.

Funding Daily: Chocolate Bunnies!!!

Today's round up of venture capital investments involves education, Bollywood, business networking, and even Victoria's Secret models.

Udacity nabs $15M to make online education less boring

Andreesen Horowitz wants to help Udacity create the future of online learning, so it's investing $15 million in the venture.

Udacity and Khan Academy ed-tech CEOs call for disruption in higher-ed

Today, a team of expert panelists gathered at DisruptSF to discuss how technology can benefit the public school system. The overarching goal for NewsCorp's Joel Klein, Udacity's Sebastian Thrun and Khan Academy's Salman Khan is to bring personalized learning to the classroom.