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A Decade of MOOCs: A Review of Stats and Trends for Large-Scale Online Courses in 2021

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In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event. Coursera went public , while edX was acquired by the public company 2U for $800 million and lost its non-profit status. Ten years ago, more than 300,000 learners were taking the three free Stanford courses that kicked off the modern MOOC movement. revenue ($14.7

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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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Unsurprisingly, the pandemic featured prominently in the higher education stories most popular with EdSurge readers last year. But rather than play-by-play news, readers sought analysis and commentary about how the crisis continues to change culture and conditions at colleges across the country. Coursera Is Now a Public Company.

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MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities

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This led to a feeling of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) across higher education and Silicon Valley, both of whom invested huge amounts of capital and resources to launch free online courses without any concrete plans to recoup the costs (or get return on their investment). The Internet had finally come after its latest victim—higher education.

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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

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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. EdX is like a distant No. Downsides of Openness?

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How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age

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You could call extension schools the original MOOCs. Extension schools were the original attempt by higher education to offer a low-cost version for the non-elite. Well, unless you count the students in MOOCs, those free online courses, which are offered through a different division of the university.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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Colleges Are Losing Students. Is That A Growth Opportunity For Coursera?

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The company’s latest attempt, launched today, is its “Career Academy for Institutions,” a program that stitches together the company’s existing career certificates with some new offerings. In fact, both companies have long been interested in upskilling and reskilling, analysts say. Answering the ‘So What?’

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