As a free, quick-and-dirty introduction, it’s about as good as I could realistically imagine. The one issue I’ve noticed so far is that the practice questions at the end of every course section are ...

George Mason University has always prided itself on thinking different. An article once analogized the school’s economics department and law school to sports franchises run according to Moneyball ...

More universities are herding into massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Just this week, the University of Texas, announced it would, joining the likes of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute ...

"Marginal Revolution University: Q&A with Alex Tabarrok" is the lastest offering from Reason TV. Take a look above or click below for full links at Reason TV, more resources, and downloadable versions ...

A new kind of university has begun to emerge: Call it Star Scholar U. Professors with large followings and technical prowess are breaking off to start their own online institutions, delivering courses ...

This is the third episode of our new podcast series on the future of higher education. You can subscribe in iTunes to get prior and future episodes. Many people know Tyler Cowen for his economics blog ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, the George Mason University economics professors behind the popular economics blog MarginalRevolution.com, ...

Tyler Cowen wants to teach economics to more people than anyone else in the history of the world—and he might just succeed. In addition to his regular teaching at George Mason University, Tyler has ...

"The cost of education is going up. And we think that the online tools are going to allow people, including us, to do it - not just at a lower monetary cost - but at a lower time cost as well," says ...