Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. Young When a campus safety tool turns into a surveillance device. More Students Are Using Chegg to Cheat. Coursera Is Now a Public Company. By Jeffrey R.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Cheating on Chegg?

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Startups that are attempting to build the following tools are at least 10 years too late to the party, especially if they’re attempting to tackle the US market. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. Now, the market is pretty much locked up. Yet another student book exchange. Yet another LMS.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below. Chalkbeat on how a Denver school uses yoga as a disciplinary tool. Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Tool for FAFSA Completion.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the HR section below. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Education Company Chegg Acknowledges Data Breach , Puts 40 Million Users on Notice.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. Purdue boasted that Course Signals increased retention by 21%, making it an incredibly effective tool. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Uber for Education". “We

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via Desmos : “The Desmos Geometry Tool.” “A bipartisan proposal in the U.S. .

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