Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. That’s a far cry from five years ago, when only 5 percent of the students were finishing the MOOCs I was designing. Use the power of peer pressure.

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Course MOOC Udemy Coursera 162

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Udemy (skills training): $173 million. In 2012, Wired Magazine proclaimed that Udacity “ could change higher learning forever.” ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.) Vive la MOOC révolution. Coursera (online education): $210.1

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inverse : “ Udemy ’s Exodus, Amazon ’s Gain.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012.

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Education Sakai Udemy Report 45