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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

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. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early.

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

Edsurge

They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In They’re spending a tremendous amount of time and energy and money” on hiring and training as a result, he argues. This seems to be an employment service and on-the job training, at the employee’s expense,” he says.

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

Wired Campus

Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. If they are in the right place, they can go directly into the work force, or they can choose to go and participate in a hard-skill training program like General Assembly.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Very thorough research, gj.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million. ” More via Edsurge. ” That is, Scott Stump. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. ” More via Wired.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOCMOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.

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