EdX Inaugurates Financial Aid Program - MARELLA A. GAYLA, Harvard Crimson

EdX, a virtual education platform co-founded by Harvard and MIT, recently launched a financial aid program, allowing financially disadvantaged students to receive a 90-percent discount on verified course certificates. While it is free to enroll in courses, users are required to pay fees that range from $50 to $100 in order to earn a verified certificate from an institution upon completing a course. Until last December, edX students had the option of earning a free “honor code certificate” for courses they audited, but the company discontinued that option. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/3/31/edx-inaugurates-financial-aid/