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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share.

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MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program

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At the start, MissionU will offer only one major: data analytics and business intelligence. They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In These days students can always take Shakespeare or other courses later, once they’re settled in their careers, thanks to free MOOCs, he says.

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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

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Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. And so what we’ll do is kind of track what type of transactions are happening on, say, Chegg, Amazon, and online away from the bookstore. So I think you’re focused on the right place.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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For your lead to be worth much to the college you need to have robust data about that student’s underlying needs and preferences, and demonstrate that students value your site or app as a highly trusted source of information and advice. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. Yet another LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.” It has raised $69.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” More via Wired.