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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.
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.
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.
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