Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” ” More via Techcrunch. school departments employed 8.4

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JANUARY 19, 2018

There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Via the Hypothes.is million total.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” The Business of Job Training.

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JUNE 24, 2016

Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees , a program to offer career training to displaced people around the world. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Learn-to-code startup Piper has raised $2.1 The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57

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