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OCTOBER 26, 2015

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Reduce the college dropout rate to closer to 10% (than the current 40%+). Which is dumb.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.”

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015.”

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50