MOOCs, or massive open online courses, arrived with great fanfare on college campuses. There’s no denying MOOCs’ ability to deliver a wider array of subjects to more students, whatever their location. But skeptics have begun to question whether the technology has or ever will live up to its promise.

The use of open educational resources promotes faculty and student engagement in teaching and learning, according to advocates.

A new initiative in Nashville, Tenn., goes beyond free tuition.

Twenty-one states have laws that allow community colleges to confer bachelor’s degrees. If a new proposal in California goes through, that number would rise to 22. But, although offering bachelor’s degrees has become an increasingly popular practice at community colleges — and often for good reason — the move raises its fair share of challenges.