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2012 is shaping up as the year of the mega-class. Wondering what all the fuss is about? Here's a guide to our coverage of massive open online courses.

Massive open online courses are the educational happening of the moment. Everyone wants in. No one is quite sure what they’re getting into.

Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? Maybe. More importantly, it means that we should be looking to their model to push ourselves in how we think about delivering the most engaging, powerful content possible.

We had a fabulous group of campers with us at this summer’s Khan Academy Discovery Lab! Campers enjoyed 2 weeks filled with projects, activities, simulations and games with our Khan Academy team and enthusiastic student counselors.

Shantanu Sinha: “We really wanted to focus on creating something that could inspire young children, and get them excited and motivated to explore CS further.”

Salman Khan's educational website of 2,400 video lessons could be the solution to middle-of-the-class mediocrity.

The Khan Academy starts a summer camp that is about getting your hands dirty, not staring at the screen.

Khan Academy is great for learning about lots of different subjects. But it’s not really adequate for learning those subjects on a level that really makes a difference in the world.

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects.

Le MIT va proposer un module gratuit, sur les traces de la Khan Academy...