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.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2021
And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. Innovations such as stackable non-degree credentials as an on-ramp and low-cost MOOC-based degrees from top universities are likely to only grow access to post-baccalaureate education.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 29, 2019
He made the move to his new phase of scholarly life during a rush of enthusiasm for so-called MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, that big-name colleges were starting to offer low-cost higher education to a wider audience. The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2017
Lesson 4: Go study other great teachers and other great learning experiences. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. Udemy has also created a great toolkit to help online course instructors market their learning experience.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 31, 2018
Udemy (skills training): $173 million. ” You’ll often hear its advocates invoke Benjamin Bloom’s 1984 study on “ the 2 Sigma Problem ” and claim that one-on-one tutoring is radically effective at improving student outcomes. Vive la MOOC révolution. Coursera (online education): $210.1
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
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.
EdTechTeam
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Recent educational research studies indicate “One Shot Professional Development” does not bring change to classroom instruction, implementation, and student performance. In this age of digital transformation, educators may choose from the plethora of online MOOCs which are a convenient and no-travel option.
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