MOOC student data privacy debatable - Keith Button, Education Dive

Massive open online course providers have differing opinions about whether people who take their courses are legally entitled to privacy protections under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The data in MOOCs is seldom protected by FERPA because MOOCs are rarely paid for with federally funded student aid, according to the chief privacy officer for the U.S. Department of Education, Kathleen Styles. Coursera and edX, the most well-known MOOC providers, disagree on whether FERPA applies to their students. http://www.educationdive.com/news/mooc-student-data-privacy-debatable/340496/