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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Will they make it happen?

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Billion in Android Antitrust Case.” in 2016 on a student visa.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.”

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’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” Udacity has announced a “the Associate Android Developer Fast Track,” to help people get their Android certification. Meanwhile on Campus. .

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Android apps to be specific. The Business of Job Training.

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Loss In 2016.”

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Testing, Testing… “Most of the questions from New York ’s 2016 state tests are now public,” Chalkbeat reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). pic.twitter.com/hi32s3S9ke — Chris O'Connor (@ChristopOConnor) May 30, 2016. Which is probably worse than no graduates.