Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2018
While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. What’s Next for Pearson?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
After a lull in 2016, venture activity for U.S.-based By contrast, in 2016, investors put $1 billion into 138 deals. MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal.
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) Venture capital for U.S. Also missing were blockbuster exits, such as LinkedIn’s $1.5
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Some of this is what Jane Mayer describes in her 2016 book Dark Money – the powerful and secretive networks of right-wing billionaire activists. Pearson, for one.) Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar. I have mentioned her once or twice in this series.). But the results are not uniformly positive.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. Education Politics.
Hack Education
AUGUST 12, 2016
” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Oh look.
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