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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before.

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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

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It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. And how is edX doing by comparison? Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. EdX is like a distant No. Downsides of Openness?

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

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as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., I’ve always thought of the U.S. But lately I’ve realized my perception may be flawed by a false sense of American exceptionalism. While here in the U.S.,