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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. of Florida Asks Students to Use App to Report Profs Who Don’t Teach In Person. More Students Are Using Chegg to Cheat. Coursera Is Now a Public Company.

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Cheating on Chegg?

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

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Blumenstyk as a reporter surveying the landscape, Mr. Jones as a professor and administrator at a college, and Mr. Freedman as an investor looking for the next big thing in education technology. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. “A bipartisan proposal in the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Students in Oregon Were Bullied and Forced to Read Bible, Report Says.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). OpenClassrooms , a French MOOC provider according to Techcrunch, has raised $60 million from Bpifrance, General Atlantic, Alven Capital, and Citizen Capital. It has raised $69.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Via The New York Times : “U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Lights go out at Education Department headquarters – and may stay off for some time,” The Washington Post reports. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to push ahead with his nomination today, despite the numerous reports now about Brett Kavanaugh ’s history of drunkenness and alleged sexual assault.