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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

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Amidst the hype, two competing entities were formed within a few weeks of each other: One of them was Coursera, a for-profit startup backed by the biggest-name investors in Silicon Valley, who argued that they were building a billion-dollar company, a rare “unicorn,” as venture capitalists say. And how is edX doing by comparison?

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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NYSE: INST), Coursera, Inc. LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public). Last year, only 25,000 Americans graduated from bootcamps, in comparison to two million bachelors degrees awarded. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc.

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