Wired Campus: “Free online courses for the masses are all the rage—and many are being run by start-ups hoping to profit by selling related materials and services. Jim Groom thinks that’s too commercial, so he’s raising money for the online course he co-teaches at the University of Mary Washington using Kickstarter, the popular ‘crowd funding’ service.”
Professor Hopes to Support Free Course With Kickstarter, the ‘Crowd Funding’ Site
March 30, 2012 by Eric V. LePage