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Coursera Is Now a Public Company. What Does That Mean For Higher Education?

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Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. And because it’s a pandemic, the event was online and the bell was virtual (perhaps fitting for an online-learning company). There are 1.3

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How to Encourage Youth Leadership on Your Campus

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Sponsor: Advancement Courses. And join me as I take my courses this summer from Advancement Courses. Remember to use COOL20 to receive 20% off your course. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Blog: [link].

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Udemy, an Online Course Platform Where Anyone Can Teach, Keeps Raising Money. What's Next?

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Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. So, what are its plans, and how does it see the market for online courses changing after the pandemic? There are some guidelines for the courses allowed on the site.

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Course Hero Joins the Edtech Unicorn Stable

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education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. Another U.S.

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Coursera Raises $130 Million as Colleges Turn to Online Courses for the Fall

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education technology company in 2020. To close out the week, another higher-education company secured a nine-figure fundraise. Coursera, which provides online courses to higher-ed institutions, businesses and government agencies, has raised $130 million in a Series F round led by NEA. based company an estimated $2.5

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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

The CoolCatTeacher

This is pretty rare in the courses I’ve seen. Financing Higher Education – Helping students understand student loans and higher education can help them wisely understand the costs of college. These results were across all student demographics, making this course an excellent fit for every middle school.

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New Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) Course for K-12 Educators Seeks to Change How AI is Implemented in Learning

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DENVER– ( BUSINESS WIRE )–MindSpark Learning®, a nonprofit organization committed to elevating educators and being the direct intersection between education and industry, has launched its first Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) course in a series. Educators need an understanding of what AI is and is not.

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