The Web20Classroom
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Wikipedia defines MOOC as "an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user fora that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs)."
Edsurge
AUGUST 5, 2022
The Acceleration The acceleration is that 2U is going all in on the education platform strategy that started with the company’s acquisition of edX last year. The flywheel aspect is that the more the strategy succeeds, the more revenue is made by institutional partners and by the company, leading to more free courses and registered learners.
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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
News that Arizona State University and edX have archived 10 of their 14 Global Freshman Academy courses raises questions about the viability and purpose of credit-eligible MOOCs. She suggests that first-year students may need more academic and social supports and wraparound services than a la carte MOOCs provide. And yet, only 0.47
Edsurge
APRIL 13, 2023
Khurana argues that the strategy is to make connections between existing players and colleges, and to bring in the expertise and research experience of professors at MIT and Harvard. The founding came at the height of public excitement around free online courses known as MOOCs, which stands for Massive Open Online Courses.
Teacher Reboot Camp
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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Edsurge
MAY 13, 2021
It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. A Strategy Duel The two entities have also taken very different approaches in terms of strategy, says Hill.
Teacher Reboot Camp
FEBRUARY 25, 2018
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