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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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Udacity VP of Learning: ‘We Never Start Anything Out of Academic Interest’

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A red carpet and a self-driving car were just a few of the things attendees saw on Tuesday at Intersect, the third annual conference put on by online learning provider Udacity. That may look like more courses and programs around app development, for example. This is an opportunity to reach a massive audience,” Makhijani said.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

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Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Use every bit of social media that you can.

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Punk learning

Learning with 'e's

Many punk educators are finding viable and for them, more acceptable alternatives to proprietary software, structured courses and closed journals, and instead are devoting their energy to creating new approaches including open software, open courses (including the original C-MOOCs) and open publishing with free tools.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” “Like it’s a TV show.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology.

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