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The prior year, my former chief Bill Gates headlined ASU GSV and received a standing ovation for championing technology’s power to transform teaching and learning. Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public). MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012.
They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In These days students can always take Shakespeare or other courses later, once they’re settled in their careers, thanks to free MOOCs, he says. What we all need to acknowledge is that we’re now in an era of lifelong learning,” he adds.
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