- Blackboard Inc. says 15 colleges and universities have signed up to run MOOCs using its software this summer and fall.
- The company is making MOOC services free to partners, with one Blackboard official saying: "If they couldn't profit, then we shouldn't profit either."
- An upcoming version of Blackboard Learn, its flagship system, will include social learning capabilities with course management.
From the article:
... [Syracuse University's] iSchool considered platforms such as Coursera and Udacity before selecting Blackboard. It already used Blackboard services, which proved helpful in running the MOOC. ...