Edsurge
JANUARY 5, 2022
Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. More Students Are Using Chegg to Cheat. A math professor makes the case for using class time for active learning. Coursera Is Now a Public Company. By Jeffrey R.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2018
While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Cheating on Chegg?
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Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2022
Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share.
Edsurge
MARCH 20, 2017
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. In designing our curriculum, we actually start with employers first,” says Braun.
Wired Campus
APRIL 30, 2015
Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. And so what we’ll do is kind of track what type of transactions are happening on, say, Chegg, Amazon, and online away from the bookstore. So I think you’re focused on the right place.
Edsurge
JUNE 17, 2017
Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. Startups that are attempting to build the following tools are at least 10 years too late to the party, especially if they’re attempting to tackle the US market. Yet another student book exchange. How are you better than. Yet another LMS. Facebook is.
Hack Education
APRIL 14, 2017
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."
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