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Will the Pandemic Lead More Colleges to Offer Credit for MOOCs? Coursera is Pushing for It.

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Since March, Coursera has allowed any college to request free access to its library of course content for any of its students to use, with a free version of what it calls Coursera for Campus. But today, the company announced that it will continue to offer a limited version for free. to help me with my online teaching.”

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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

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Department of Education data, out of the thousands of institutions operating online programs, the 100 colleges and universities with the greatest online enrollment accounted for 47 percent of all online students in 2016, up from a 43 percent share in 2012. According to U.S.

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Credential Blockchains Could Help Student Mobility. These 4 Efforts Explore How.

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The initiative aims to study whether and how decentralized digital ledgers can give students and workers more control over their academic and job records and improve the flow of data among schools, colleges and employers, leaders told EdSurge in February. questions about data ownership and the downsides of permanent records.

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In New Push to Grow Online Degree Offerings, Coursera Changes Revenue-Sharing Options

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Ten years ago when two Stanford professors started Coursera , many of the big-name colleges the company partnered with offered few online courses. And these days it has grown into a public company flush with funds from its recent IPO. Meanwhile Coursera is eager to offer more degree programs as well.

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?Readers’ Roundup: EdSurge HigherEd’s Top 10 Articles of 2017

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Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. A few weeks after EdSurge probed the company about the silence, Amazon opened up the resource library to the public. What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

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?Why an iTunes Model for Online Learning Is Bad for Educators

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Customers can now pay a monthly fee to get access to a library of content. Data journalist David McCandless calculated it would take over one million plays on Spotify for a solo artist to earn the U.S. Today, few higher-ed institutions are able to sustain the ongoing costs associated with producing and running MOOCs.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”)