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Hack Education Weekly News

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No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). ” (Like I’ve said previously, these corporate stories really do belong in “the business of job training” section below.). The Business of Job Training. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. (

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. ” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). Instead, the company handed him a $90 million exit package, paid in installments of about $2 million a month for four years, said two people with knowledge of the terms.”