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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
News that Arizona State University and edX have archived 10 of their 14 Global Freshman Academy courses raises questions about the viability and purpose of credit-eligible MOOCs. She suggests that first-year students may need more academic and social supports and wraparound services than a la carte MOOCs provide.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2021
To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. What The Chronicle of Higher Education christened a “ credentials craze ” was in full swing.
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Edsurge
JUNE 30, 2016
China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. billion by 2018. The hurdles? Find the right partners.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
After a lull in 2016, venture activity for U.S.-based So far this year, these companies raised over $1.2 By contrast, in 2016, investors put $1 billion into 138 deals. In fact, the number of deals has been on a steady downward slope since 2013. edtech companies. The answers depend on who you ask. Source: EdSurge.
Edsurge
JANUARY 6, 2017
In 2016, Strava users uploaded 304 million activities , logged 6.8 I became a Strava user in 2013, around the same time I became an online course designer. They were incredibly hardworking people, but the ones creating the most significant social impact in the world were also often too busy to finish a MOOC.
Edsurge
AUGUST 19, 2019
More than half of the accelerator’s current education companies offer ISAs to attract students to their services. The accelerator provides companies with $150,000 in seed funding for 7 percent of the company. The company has disbursed money to about 15 students so far and has funds for about 30 more students.
The Principal of Change
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
It was more of a refusal of Blockbuster to move forward than it was a willingness for a different company to do something different, and more importantly, better. They were the most well known, had stores all over the world, and a history of success. I am not a fan of the “school is broken” narrative.
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