Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

Amidst the hype, two competing entities were formed within a few weeks of each other: One of them was Coursera, a for-profit startup backed by the biggest-name investors in Silicon Valley, who argued that they were building a billion-dollar company, a rare “unicorn,” as venture capitalists say. And how is edX doing by comparison?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

education technology startups raised over $2.2 Many education entrepreneurs have long mused about how new technologies would usher in a “disruption” of the education market. Roblox is followed by Coursera and CampusLogic, which respectively offer online courses and financial management tools to colleges and universities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Yet, the fundamental problem with this line of questioning is that it inaccurately conflates access to online learning content with access to a course experience. By comparison, people need 29 hours on average to earn a MOOC certificate. But that shouldn’t be confused with scaling access to good teaching.

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