Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The company, which was started by two Stanford University professors in 2012 and is now one of the most well-funded in the education industry , has always been highly picky about which colleges it works with to develop courses. Colleges have tried to offer courses built around MOOC materials before—and it hasn’t always gone well.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

So far this year, these companies raised over $1.2 In fact, the number of deals has been on a steady downward slope since 2013. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. edtech companies. The answers depend on who you ask.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Technology companies offer their products as the solution, and technology advocates promote the narrative of techno-solutionism. If schools are struggling right now, education technology companies — and technology companies in general — are not. Tech companies are dominating the stock market. Let me fix that sentence.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

education technology companies raised $1.45 And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. For edtech companies able to show consistent growth and revenue, that should be welcome news. Last year, U.S. billion raised by U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

In 2013, he was heralded as “ the boy genius of Ulan Bator” by the New York Times. Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

And in 2013, the New York State attorney general filed suit against the business, which had shut its doors two years earlier, accusing it of engaging in illegal, deceptive practices. Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students. What are MOOCs, for example?

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