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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Last year , the Ugandan government decreed that company’s schools be shut down because they failed to meet education and sanitation requirements; Kenyan courts have also ordered the schools to close. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. ” Time to buy more TV ads, Khan Academy and Coursera! ” The company in question: edX. Heckuva job.

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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education

Hack Education

” “It certainly makes a mockery of what Silicon Valley darlings Coursera and Udacity call courses,” Caulfield argued. The State Department did partner with Coursera – Laureate Education is an investor – to promote MOOCs globally. million in grant dollars. 11,000 out of 26,603 claims filed.