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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Developing Experts has raised $467,000 from Anglia Capital Group.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Sounds like fun.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Investors in this Series B round include: Advancit Capital, Betty Cohen, Dave Pottruck, Deborah Quazzo, Gerald Hughes, Helena Wong, Kyowon Group, and Rick Segal.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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But other times, the scenes that were captured were taken out of context or these videos were purposefully weaponized (by conservative groups, for example, who encourage students to film their professors’ lectures and submit their names to “watch lists”). MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. More via Inside Higher Ed.

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