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Duolingo Just Raised $35M. Udemy Got $50M. Both Are Valued Billions More.

Edsurge

Fanning the fuel, investors say, is increased demand for and usage of digital learning tools in personal, schooling and workplace environments that are now virtual. Udemy, which offers an online marketplace where anyone can access, create and sell video courses, has turned its focus on the corporate learning market this year.

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3 SEO Strategies for Edtech Business

EdTech4Beginners

The Edtech industry is worth over $340 billion , and its value will keep rising as digital learning becomes even more common. Some of the big names that pop up include Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, and Udacity, to mention a few. But what do these sites have in common besides being great resources for digital learning?

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K-12 Dealmaking: Udemy, Tynker Raise Funds; PeopleAdmin Acquires TeacherMatch

Marketplace K-12

A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

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As the world goes virtual, big education technology players tighten their grip

The Hechinger Report

But half of that went to just six companies, including the celebrity tutorial provider MasterClass, the online learning platform Udemy and the school and college review site Niche. Investment continues to flow to ed tech, with $803 million injected during the first six months of the year, according to the industry news website EdSurge.

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

For those EdTech companies that cannot access funds, or simply do not wish to raise large sums of venture capital money, their ability to maintain a first-mover advantage, or reach cash-flow positive without capital constraint, could be jeopardized by the presence of well-funded rivals.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

Edsurge

We’ve introduced tiered pricing models to make these paid programs equally accessible to students in places ranging from Uganda to the U.K. Avoid on-demand learning and instead impose deadlines. and have seen that people across the world often value something more when they pay something for it.

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The K-12 Edtech Market Is At an Inflection. But Where Is It Going?

Edsurge

Lessons of the Spring Distance Learning Scramble The spring scramble to homeschooling and remote learning shows that parents want and will pay for a better digital learning experience. Speaking from personal experience and as education technology “experts,” this year’s digital learning experience failed to impress.

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