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A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017

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The MOOC landscape has grown to include 9,400 courses, more than 500 MOOC-based credentials, and more than a dozen graduate degrees. The total number of MOOCs available to register for at any point of time is larger than ever, thanks to tweaks in the scheduling policy by MOOC providers. edX: 14 million users. XuetangX: 9.3

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As Grad Degrees And Credentials Boom, Prestigious Schools Are Winning

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adults had attained a master’s degree before age 30–but by 2017, this share had doubled to 9.2 The master’s degree market is also a hotbed of innovation, as some of the world’s top universities are now experimenting with MOOC-based degrees at substantially lower price points. As of 2017, according to U.S. Back in 1995, only 4.5

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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

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It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. Course Report published year-end data from edX and Coursera. Downsides of Openness?

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. But that’s not the same as saying that employers no longer value college credentials, despite overhyped media reports that employers are “throwing out” degrees.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Making Smart Decisions in a Crowded Edtech Market : EdSurge’s very own Leonard Medlock (Director, Concierge) will pry open some examples of districts working with Concierge and discuss strategies around how to articulate challenges, find and choose technology and successfully pilot selected tools. EdSurge 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Higher Education Joins the Blockchain Party

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As EdSurge reported in October 2017, those programs are now creating a situation where learners are accumulating more credentials from different providers. A person’s records are at hand whenever he or she is, for example, looking for a new job. Krishnan said she thinks students are keen on the idea.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well. One example is Great Hill Partners, which invested in Examity in April. However, compared to 2019, the industry saw a higher Series B average in the first half of 2017 and a higher average for Series C and later stage rounds.

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