Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2017
These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does). ⚡ Class Central (@classcentral) December 8, 2015. At one point Coursera boasted about a average forum response time of 22 minutes; that’s no longer the case.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 20, 2017
At a recent meeting of educational technology policy advisors, a well-informed university CIO casually declared that MOOCs were history. million enrollments in its MOOCs since April 2015. to develop a series of surveys to embed in their MicroMasters programs and in a Coursera Specialization.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In 2015, NPR came out with its tool , “Will Your Job Be Done by A Machine?” At the most recent ASU GSV Summit, machine-learning pioneer Andrew Ng (and co-founder of Coursera) warned audience members to steer their children away from becoming radiologists. But it seems clear that AI will have a deep impact on our work and our lives.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015. The likes of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, MasterClass, Lynda, and Pluralsight have together raised more than $1 billion and represent combined enterprise value of more than $5 billion. This dichotomy is not lost on investors.
Wired Campus
DECEMBER 21, 2015
And while massive open online courses have largely fallen out of the national headlines, three of the top 10 articles in 2015 involved MOOCs (in one case, charting their fade from prominence). As Coursera Evolves, Colleges Stay On and Investors Buy In. Meet the New, Self-Appointed MOOC Accreditors: Google and Instagram.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. acquisition by LinkedIn in 2015 shows that billion-dollar exits are not limited to companies in higher education.
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