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Looking to Grow in China? 3 Lessons for U.S. Edtech Companies

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Asia has the world’s highest regional growth rate for e-learning, and an e-learning market projected to be worth $12.1 billion by 2018. The Chinese Ministry of Education is encouraging the growth of local MOOCs, with a policy that sets targets of 1,000 from Chinese universities by 2017 and 3,000 by 2020.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” The system sends students a text or e-mail 24 to 48 hours after a class, with one multiple-choice question about the material. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” And the business of student loans is off to a strong start in 2018 with fundraising news in the venture capital section below. ” Americans wonder.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” ” Edsurge writes up the latest report from EducationSuperhighway on e-rate connectivity at public schools. ” We’re only at 3.0,

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. Edsurge has the story.