But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. MORE

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera. Via Techcrunch : “The 52 startups that launched at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 1.” ” And via Techcrunch : “All 51 startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2.” Education Politics. MORE

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” In fact, Axios suggests that Google might have staged the demo it gave of its new voice assistant. OpenClassrooms , a French MOOC provider according to Techcrunch, has raised $60 million from Bpifrance, General Atlantic, Alven Capital, and Citizen Capital. Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. MORE

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 22 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 23 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. EpCoP MOOC webinar [link] TECH TALK TUESDAYS: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP/SOCIAL NETWORKING WITH STUDENTS ( Australia Series ) Tue 22 Aug 02:00AM New York / Tue 23 Aug 06:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 04:00PM Sydney Anne Mirtschin. In addition, I will do a demo on how to "cite while you write", and "manage library/references". MORE

In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Cathy Koshland, the vice chancellor for undergraduate education, said Berkeley would continue to work with the MOOC provider edX to post open courses online. MORE

Green Mind demo. Media interest in formalized online learning, or “peak MOOC,” occurred in about 2012, and with it the mandate that everyone must learn to code. Lumineye demo. A wheel design to eliminate road ruts for American farmers. A new reseller model bringing internet access to villages in rural Mexico. A radar device that allows first responders and military to see through walls before entering a building. MORE

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” Via Quartz : “So long, banana-condom demos: Sex and drug education could soon come from chatbots.” Education Politics. MORE

Presenters at this week’s Demo Day include coding schools, a program to organize student loans and a startup that matches nascent developers with senior mentors to build projects for potential employers. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, left, and CEO Michael Seibel take questions from reporters before the second Demo Day of 2019. Everyone is trying to make education online, but we’ve seen the rise and fall of MOOCs,” says Payne, 32. MORE

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. s co-founders Dan Nash and Sean Hookano-Briel initially targeted K-12 schools for the tool, it seems the corporate sector, which has increasingly turned to MOOCs to train employees, has taken a liking to it even more. MORE