2017 MOOC Online Learning 
Edsurge
JANUARY 3, 2019
So much so, the New York Times even dubbed 2012 the “ Year of the MOOC.” Advocates for the courses would point a finger at the unaffordability of traditional education, promising that MOOCs could offer cheaper, more innovative alternatives. But what on earth could be neo-colonial about free online education?
Edsurge
MAY 24, 2019
When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. About 60 percent said they spend more of their budget on online learning compared to last year.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
A lot has changed since 2012 or, the year the New York Times dubbed the "Year of the MOOC." The premise back then was that classes would make high-quality online education accessible for all—and for free. Today, many MOOC providers now charge a fee. So the rate at which new users are coming into the MOOC space is decreasing.
Edsurge
APRIL 29, 2019
Less than a week after its announced lead in Coursera’s $103 million Series E round , SEEK is at it again with £50 million (about $65 million) in London-based MOOC platform FutureLearn. This funding is “vindication for Open University betting on a MOOC platform, for investing in a non-U.S. In 2017, it enlisted five U.S.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Boston-based private equity firm Devonshire Investors has acquired NovoEd , a San Francisco-based provider of an online learning platform. NovoEd traces its roots to Stanford University, where engineering professor Amin Saberi and Farnaz Ronaghi, then a PhD student, launched their first online course in 2012. NovoEd raised $4.8
Edsurge
MAY 13, 2021
It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. Downsides of Openness?
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.
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