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Will the Pandemic Lead More Colleges to Offer Credit for MOOCs? Coursera is Pushing for It.

Edsurge

When two Stanford University professors started Coursera in 2012, the focus was on building free online courses to bring teaching from elite colleges out to the world. So Coursera sees a new business opportunity: to sell the courses it developed to colleges that want to use them as part of for-credit courses for their own students.

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Coursera & MedCerts Partnership Brings In-Demand Healthcare Courses to Global Learner Community

American Consortium for Equity in Education

MedCerts, the innovation leader in online career training in allied health and information technology and a subsidiary of Stride, Inc.

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How Innovations in Voice Technology Are Reshaping Education

Edsurge

Voice, after all, is one of the most natural ways to interface with technology, says Coursera’s Alexander Sanchez. EdSurge: Coursera decided to build an Alexa skill because you saw voice technology as a smart investment. There's no training required. How do you imagine Coursera students using voice to support their learning?

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

At K12, they held multiple roles, including Senior Director of Teacher Training and Education, where they developed and implemented training resources for teachers nationwide. Furthermore, in May 2013, they obtained a certification in Gamification through Coursera Course Certificates.

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Are Upstart Online Providers Getting Better at Teaching Than Traditional Colleges?

Edsurge

But now that companies like Coursera have grown into edtech giants— the company went public in March and is valued at more than $3 billion—he was curious to see what their offerings are like these days. There was no sort of quality control on this and there was definitely no training on how to use the rubrics.

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Year of MOOC-based Degrees: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2018

Edsurge

MOOC providers’ constant tweaking of the model seems to be paying off, as companies such as Coursera are hitting record revenues ( $140 million in 2018 for Coursera ). Here is a list of the top five MOOC providers by registered users: Coursera – 37 million. Despite the slowdown, the number of paying users may have increased.

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Massive Online Courses Find A New Audience With Continuing Medical Education

Edsurge

But NYU isn’t the only school trying to offer free medical training. Coursera, a company that hosts massive online courses and degrees, is the latest entrant among a growing number of online education providers that are entering the medical space. “In Coursera has its sight set on a global health audience as well.

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