2015 Company MOOC Report 
Edsurge
DECEMBER 20, 2017
At a recent meeting of educational technology policy advisors, a well-informed university CIO casually declared that MOOCs were history. Increasingly, MOOCs are being packaged into series of courses with a non-degree credential being offered to those who successfully complete the series.
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. And yet, only 0.47
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Wired Campus
OCTOBER 19, 2015
It was 2011, and fewer than ten MOOCs existed worldwide. It has been four years since then, and according to a new report, the cumulative number of MOOCs has reached nearly 4,000. And the data show that even as the MOOC hype starts to die down , interest isn’t tapering off. After that, Canvas.net gets 7 percent.
Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2019
For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.
Edsurge
APRIL 3, 2018
As MOOCs surged in popularity from 2012 to 2015, universities, nonprofits, schools and companies all jumped into the game of developing online courses, and giving them away—often at the promise of no cost—to the world. It was exhilarating to see high-quality learning materials make their way to students across the globe.
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.
Hack Education
JULY 7, 2017
” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” State and Local) Education Politics.
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