Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

For those who are newly exploring the digital market, keeping up with the trends which change rapidly is difficult. Here are some of the top trends that higher education textbook publishers must follow to increase their digital sales: 1. Today, a lot of companies offer subscription-based services. WANT TO KNOW HOW KITABOO WORKS?

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Trends eBook Education Industry 97

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books.

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Chegg Software Industry Pearson 162

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

A venture-backed company today announced a new educational offering billed as an alternative to the standard undergraduate experience. The company will hire working professionals to teach the courses. A roster of well-known companies—and darlings of Silicon Valley—have signed up to participate.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We know that college students’ tastes for digital services have the power to make companies snap to attention. It’s no simple task to get pallets of books shipped to Alaska, and Weaver says the university had a tough time keeping up with textbook rentals offered by companies like Chegg that were expanding their hold on the market.

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OER Chegg Course Exercises 159

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The private student loan company has raised $50 million total, but I’m told “fintech” doesn’t “count” as ed-tech so let’s just ignore this trend, right? The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The company has $8.3

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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