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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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“Some colleges cancel their contracts with online education provider Lynda.com after double-digit price hikes, saying the company is pricing itself out of the higher education market,” Inside Higher Ed reported in January. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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The NAACP endorses OER. ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. ” Good grief, the handwringing.