Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Integrating Learning and Work in Service of Adult Learners Adult learners are typically driven by career-related motivations: according to one analysis, 70 percent of adult learners say that gaining skills and knowledge directly related to the workplace is essential when choosing where to enroll.

Digital Badges 186

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 186

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Our analysis highlights a world in which learning is increasingly more digital, delivered when it is needed, and done in shorter and less structured ways than in the past. And the number of active students in short-form offerings brokered by the company has grown ten-fold from the end of 2019 to the end of 2020.

Learning 167

Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 167

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

“ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Getting Smart and the XQ Institute have released a “landscape analysis of competency-based education.” Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. Indiana University has joined edX.

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60