2018 Company MOOC System 
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. Cheating on Chegg?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
based company announced two new “nanodegree” offerings: an introductory program for self-driving cars and, yes, another one for flying cars. Thrun claims that “that nearly 60 students [in the former program] have already found new jobs at companies like BMW, Lockheed Martin, NIO, Volvo and Amazon Robotics.” Sorry, Peter.)
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Edsurge
MARCH 6, 2018
Betsy DeVos at SXSW EDU 2018. Betsy DeVos at SXSW EDU 2018. Or, as one anonymous audience member, using the online system required to pose questions during the session, asked why in her listing of stakeholders, she “placed entrepreneurs and innovators ahead of teachers and students.” Someone recently asked me.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
cities and states, 2018 marked the wettest year on record. education technology companies raised $1.45 The funding total in 2018 also eclipsed the $1.2 There’s a notable difference between 2018 and 2015, however. In 2015 there were 165 deals, versus just 112 in 2018. For 2018, we tallied a total of $1.45
Hack Education
MARCH 23, 2018
From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Contests and Awards.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 31, 2018
This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The Biggest Investments of 2018.
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