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Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

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Both carry decades of educational experience. Shrier has led graduate business courses at institutions including Oxford, MIT and Imperial College; Porter was a vice president at Pearson and edX, the nonprofit online course platform developer. Esme is its first education technology investment.

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How AI Can Compliment Educators, Not Replace Them

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Over the last weekend of July, some of the world’s education leaders gathered at the Ed T ech Asia Summit in Ho Chi Minh to discuss where education is headed in the 21st century. ” One of the biggest problems facing China’s offline education sector is the uneven access to high quality educational resources.

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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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. What’s Next for Pearson?

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What a New Strategy at 2U Means for the Future of Online Higher Education

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What happened to this market that many analysts consistently describe as profitable and growing, and that many critics fret would take over and privatize much of higher education? The Acceleration The acceleration is that 2U is going all in on the education platform strategy that started with the company’s acquisition of edX last year.

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

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Is education technology investing back on track? Are investors still eager to put their money in education startups? educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. Rethink Education, a White Plains, N.Y.- Source: EdSurge.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

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There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education.

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If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

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Here’s a VP from Pearson: Tim Peyton, vice president of strategic partnerships at Pearson, said it was no secret that publishers like Pearson had made textbooks too expensive and had seen sales drop as a result. Yes, reducing the cost of education is one of the benefits of OER adoption – and an important one at that.

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