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It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Raise $146.1 ” asks “Dean Dad” Matt Reed.

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It It will be interesting to compare the success or failure of Khan Lab School with the failure of AltSchool. Will they make it happen?

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 ” More via Wired.

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share.” I dunno… Via Techcrunch : “ IBM led on patents in 2017, Facebook broke into top 50 for the first time.” That student data is big bucks?

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. ” That is the Sophie B.

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. “Lifelong learning” and multiple choice quizzes for two to five year olds. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” ” “San Francisco’s competitive lightsaber academy opens this week,” says BoingBoing. Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas. Small world).