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Colleges Are Losing Students. Is That A Growth Opportunity For Coursera?

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To Coursera, the online learning platform and edtech “unicorn” that went public last year , this may represent an opportunity to serve as an institutional bridge for some of these universities in the struggle to stop the bleeding. And edX, a competitor to Coursera purchased by 2U last year , has offered micro-credentialing programs for years.

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

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The tech giant Meta, widely known under its previous name Facebook, seems to be eyeing a way to allow users to offer video classes. Since at least last year, Meta has experimented with Facebook Classes, a program designed to make online instruction through its platform smoother. For now, Meta isn’t taking a cut of live events.

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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it , will be “in the experience, not just looking at it.” And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision.

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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. million) and how much Coursera paid its university partners ($281 million). In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event.

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Will COVID-19 Lead to Another MOOC Moment?

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Duke has long built MOOCs through its partnership with Coursera, a major platform for large-scale courses, and it also had previously negotiated an arrangement with Coursera to make all of the certificate programs and courses in Coursera’s library available to all of Duke’s students (in the U.S. As the virus spread to the U.S.,

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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Moe is best known as the co-founder of GSV, a constellation of investment, advisory, banking and educational services that’s backed some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook. He’s also backed Coursera and Course Hero, two privately held edtech companies that are each valued at more than $1 billion.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

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Furthermore, in May 2013, they obtained a certification in Gamification through Coursera Course Certificates. For more from Vicki Davis, follow her on Facebook, X.com, TikTok, Threads, Instagram, Blue Sky, and YouTube at CoolCatTeacher. In October 2019, they received a certification in Learning Articulate Storyline 360 from LinkedIn.

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