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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

Edsurge

Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. In other words, we’re leaders in understanding and structuring curriculum, pedagogy, outcomes, competencies and the science of learning. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

Turns out too that a lot of the education startups that have been promising “revolution” or hell even “improved outcomes” for the past few years have been selling snake oil. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” Despite raising some $87.5

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