MIT Master’s Program to Use MOOCs as ‘Admissions Test’L. Rafael Reif, president of MIT, shown here with the under secretary of education, Ted Mitchell, at a recent online-learning summit, said on Wednesday that he hopes a new twist on admissions will lead to a broader pool of applicants. MOOCs may soon become a prominent factor in admissions decisions at selective colleges, a way for students who may not do well on traditional measures like the SAT t
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to launch half MOOC, half in-person master's degree program
