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A Decade of MOOCs: A Review of Stats and Trends for Large-Scale Online Courses in 2021

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Coursera went public , while edX was acquired by the public company 2U for $800 million and lost its non-profit status. In March, Coursera went public on the NYSE, raising $519 million. The company is expected to bring in more than $400 million in revenue in 2021. At the time of writing, the company is valued at about $1.6

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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

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Educators Team Up to Respond to Sudden Rise of ChatGPT

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and tech companies building AI tools, including Amazon, Microsoft, and OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. He says the strength of the effort is the inclusion of both education groups and the companies making the latest AI tools. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.);

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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How Voice-Enabled Technology is Changing the Contours of Higher Education

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Marissa's passion for education came early in her career when she was producing "edutainment" CD-ROM products for The Learning Company. It grew as she moved to Microsoft, working on various products that touched consumers' lives both in and out of the education sector, including MSN, Encarta and Xbox. If so, what does that look like?

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Riipen Raises $3.75 Million to Unite College Students and Employers Via Course Projects

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The platform could pair them up for projects, and students would end the project with a presentation of their findings and work to companies in exchange for course credit. “It The new round of funding will help Riipen hire more sales and marketing staffers to grow the company’s presence in the U.S., office in 2020.

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What Workforce Education Is Learning From the Pandemic

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We interviewed a number of leaders and decision-makers in the space, including heads of learning and development, workforce strategists, and executives and corporate development teams of public and private education companies. Employees are also demanding a greater variety of resources, and companies are responding.

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