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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. At the other extreme, online grade portals have prompted some parents to log in all the time and to obsess over their children’s grades. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Phoenix ’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” From the blog : “ Nashville Software School (NSS) is proud to announce that our full-time Web Developer Bootcamp has been approved by the Tennessee State Approving Agency for Veterans Education and Training. EverFi has acquired LawRoom.