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” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. ” More from Edsurge.

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. president to retire in wake of football death.”

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Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? .”

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” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. MOOCs are out. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.”