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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” ” More via Techcrunch.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. But With a Better Future?”

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. Education in the Courts.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Via the edX blog : “Higher Education Needs a Re-think to Train Tomorrow’s Workforce.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

” Via The AP : “Man at New Mexico Compound Accused of Training Kids for School Attacks.” The Business of Job Training. Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems. Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.” ” Labor and Management.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. .” Joy Lisi Rankin has terminated her employment with Michigan State University – “firing” the university, in her words – following allegations of harassment and retaliation.

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” The Business of Job Training. ” The Pew Research Center asked “experts” about “The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training.” ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review.

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APRIL 27, 2018

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.” The Business of Job Training. ” That’s history professor Julio Pino.

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MAY 19, 2017

” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. The online training company has raised $76 million total. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who was due to speak to a sociology class Tuesday.” ” Education in the Courts. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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MARCH 2, 2018

” (Learndirect is a job training company that has a major contract with the UK government.). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below. ” The Business of Job Training. ” Edsurge on Hypothes.is ’s partnership with Elsevier.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” .” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ’ It’s Racism ” by Tressie McMillan Cottom.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. The Business of Job Training. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Well, well, well.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The Business of Job Training. ” “For Code.org , Training Computer Science Teachers Isn’t Really About Computer Science,” says Education Week. Elsevier has acquired bepress. .” UW here is the University of Washington. Totally not running for President, is he. Put ’Em to Work.”

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JUNE 24, 2016

Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees , a program to offer career training to displaced people around the world. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. ” “ Bad news for brain training ” by Daniel Willingham. Zoomi has raised $2.5

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Campus Technology reports that “ Elsevier Debuts Metrics Tracking Journal Performance.” ” Meanwhile, “ Germany -wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access,” according to BoingBoing. Both/and, I guess. Pluralsight has raised $192.5 million total.

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