It'll be interesting to see how this new Microsoft/Mojang effort stacks up with prior partnerships that Mojang already has.

See Teacher Gaming LLC and their Minecraft Edu project http://minecraftedu.com/

They recently released a collaboration with the author of the ComputerCraft mod, @DanTwoHundred. The offshoot is called ComputerCraftEdu. It adds a slick visual programming interface to the lua-powered 'turtle' robots added by ComputerCraft.

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KwAr2gqgXg&feature=youtu.be