Remove 2020 Remove Comparison Remove EdTech Remove MOOC
article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

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. And how is edX doing by comparison? Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. EdX is like a distant No. Downsides of Openness?

Coursera 167
article thumbnail

Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

Edsurge

Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S. boasts merely 120,000 enrollments. Five other, mostly online universities—all in Asia—enroll more than a million each.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway?