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Chegg Cuts $15 Million Check to Buy AI-Feedback Tool, WriteLab

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Chegg announced today that it bought the Berkeley-based startup for about $15 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition by Chegg is the kind of outcome that entrepreneurs and investors have long hoped to see in the edtech world. to meet a student at their current level and improve their competency.”

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9 Good Online Math Tutoring Websites for Kids and Students

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Chegg Chegg is a website and app where students can access a wide range of resources. For children who require one-on-one math tutoring for some reason, Chegg boasts of having competent math tutors who can provide help with homework as well as assistance with other school work like tests, exams exercises, etc.

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This Edtech Critic Was Supposed to Become a Bridge Between Educators and Edtech. How Is It Going?

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But if they want to thrive, both groups might need to learn to meet each other’s gaze. Morris had been known as a vocal critic of edtech, and companies like Course Hero—as well as similar companies like 2U and Chegg—have been roundly criticized by educators for providing students with the tools they need to cheat.

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The Pandemic Is Changing How Colleges Offer Tutoring. Will Students Use It?

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During the past two years of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a spike in student use of so-called homework help websites —including Chegg and Course Hero—which market themselves as providing study aids but which many professors see as designed to aid student cheating. They’re the best advertisement you can ever ask for."

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60+ Great Educational Websites

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You can use these tools to deliver online training sessions, workshops, webinars, schedule and plan meetings , and more. Zoom Google Meet Blackboard Collaborate Skype Microsoft Teams Webex Researcher tools There are numerous academic research tools that can help you in each stage of the research process.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020. Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. Soon, there will be one fewer after tech training provider Pluralsight gets taken private later this year.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Many of its services are similar to those offered by Chegg, a publicly traded education company that has also seen a meteoric growth in usage and revenue since the pandemic hit. There are a lot of stresses and fears… and we want to help them meet the moment,” he says.

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