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.

Course 164

Course MOOC Udemy Coursera 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

can’t just say, “Here’s a MOOC, or here’s an online degree, or a 6- to 12-week immersive bootcamp.”. We need better assessment tools and prior learning assessments to take any student and assess where they are: What capabilities, skill sets, and mindsets do they have? We have to do better.

MOOC 146

MOOC Udemy Learning Assessment 146

Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

What’s the best service or tool for creating and hosting an online class by oneself? H5P – I still haven’t used this yet, but it seems like a GUI web authoring tool. Mighty Networks Courses – provides hosting and tools for creating online classes. Do you have any feedback on these services and tools?

Moodle 116

Moodle LMS Sakai VLE 116

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.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46