Coursera signs on 29 more schools to offer free online courses

February 20, 2013 10:04 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Ed-tech startup Coursera has announced that 29 more schools will offer courses on its online platform, bringing its total to 62 schools.

Grockit strikes major deal with Discovery to invigorate online learning

December 18, 2012 12:00 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Ed tech startup Grockit partners with Discovery to build and promote Learnist, a new social learning platform.

BenchPrep, ‘Spotify for education’, offers classes and test prep for $30 a month

September 18, 2012 9:30 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

First music, and now education. Inspired by the success of Spotify, education technology startup, BenchPrep, has transformed into a subscription-based service.

BenchPrep promises to offer 500 digital courses by year’s end

July 3, 2012 7:00 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

BenchPrep, the company that creates entire digital courses for high school and college students, is aiming to up its 100-course portfolio to 500 by year’s end.

The company hopes to accomplish this goal with a $6 million round of funding …