The providers of massive open online courses mostly cater to adults whoalready went to college. Now one provider, edX, is setting its sights on high-school students who are trying to get in.
The nonprofit organization just announced a raft of free, online courses for high-school students. Most of the new MOOCs cover material from Advanced Placement courses in traditional disciplines. But one course, called "The Road to Selective College Admissions," will aim to counsel students on how to produce a successful college application.
"We will provide tools to help students plan their high-school summers, and begin considering financing a college education," reads a description of the course, which will be taught by college counselors at St. Margaret's Episcopal School, a private school in California. "Students will learn how to build a support network and be given tips on how to be successful in college once they matriculate."
This may be the first move a major MOOC provider has made into college counseling, an industry that has boomed in the last decade.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/mooc-provider-gets-into-college-counseling/54485