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Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (No. .” ” (No.

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Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.” Rather Harvard has outsourced instruction to the for-profit company Trilogy Education. ” But it’s not Harvard. ”). .

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” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” for Robotics Contest.”

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Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 No mention that these are backed by big companies and venture capitalists. ” That’s Gail Heriot. .”

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Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. It’s a rot at the very core of the company’s leadership team. Indiana University has joined edX. ” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.