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Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? .” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Raise $146.1 ” asks “Dean Dad” Matt Reed.

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Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Hmm. .” Via The Washington Post : “Former U-Va.

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” From the Scratch Team’s Medium blog : “ 3 Things To Know About Scratch 3.0.” The company sells a tablet for use in prison.

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” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” Via the Law Librarian Blog : “ LexisNexis ’s Role in ICE Surveillance and Librarian Ethics.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The digital flash card company has raised $32 million total.

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” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOCMOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab.

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. Then you reprint a blog post from the organization so you get all the clicks.) The company has raised $20.4 Upgrades and Downgrades.