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Michelle Weise: ‘We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future’

Edsurge

As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. can’t just say, “Here’s a MOOC, or here’s an online degree, or a 6- to 12-week immersive bootcamp.”. We have to do better.

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So you want to create an online class independent of a school

Bryan Alexander

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Udemy – the MOOC provider may let users create classes there. A client asked me this question last week, and I really didn’t have a solid answer ready to hand, since most of my work to date has involved institutions.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Yuanfandao (tutoring) –- $210 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. Udemy, which offers a marketplace for online classes, has raised $173 million total.