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In China’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’

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One sign of that: There’s a 22-story tower in the country’s capital officially named the “MOOC Times Building” that houses a government-supported incubator for edtech companies. The building boasts two tricked-out production studios that any of the companies in the industry park can use to film and edit video for courses.

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Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng Wants to Bring ‘AI to Everyone’ in Latest Course

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Lessons will include how to select AI projects, as well as how to work with and manage AI teams within companies. The course will cost $49 per month and will be hosted on Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that Ng co-founded in 2012. (He He left the company in 2014.)

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. AllLearn wasn't the only online education failure of the early 2000s, of course. Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003. What kind of leader does that?

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Stanford Calls for Responsible Use of Student Data in Higher Ed

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There are laws, both state and federal, and protocols that were established long before big data and the influx of outside companies into higher education. At the same time, professors and students freely download apps or use online education services, often without their schools’ knowledge. “So For Stevens, his “aha!”

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Kadenze’s March Toward Online Art Education, 1 Year Later

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While online education companies offer engineering, programming and business skills, one company wants to make sure that the fine arts isn’t being left behind. based company offers 50 classes from flagship schools like Columbia and Stanford. Launched in June 2015, the Valencia, Calif. Launched in Valencia, Calif.,

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The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates? Discovering the Most Tenacious Learners

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Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. He quickly began supplementing his education with online courses from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. Between 2014 and 2016 Usman earned 21. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. of students who gain acceptance.

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Online Learning Platform, NovoEd Acquired by Boston Private Equity Firm

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Boston-based private equity firm Devonshire Investors has acquired NovoEd , a San Francisco-based provider of an online learning platform. NovoEd traces its roots to Stanford University, where engineering professor Amin Saberi and Farnaz Ronaghi, then a PhD student, launched their first online course in 2012. NovoEd raised $4.8