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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Education in the Courts.

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” Via The Intercept : “Conservative Provocateur James O’Keefe ’s Group Hit With Restraining Order, Blocking Latest Sting.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.”

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’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” million total.

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bipartisan group of influential U.S. ProPublica looks at the lobbying group the Home School Legal Defense Association : “Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulation.” Charter school-backed Nick Melvoin unseated school board president Steve Zimmer. ”).

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“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” ” KickUp has raised $1.54 million total.

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” ” Research finds there’s a " global achievement gap in MOOCs. Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.”