Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5
Edsurge
APRIL 3, 2018
Lynda.com similarly compensates instructors for distinct video views. As MOOCs surged in popularity from 2012 to 2015, universities, nonprofits, schools and companies all jumped into the game of developing online courses, and giving them away—often at the promise of no cost—to the world. monthly minimum wage.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) Venture capital for U.S. education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2015
For many, it never existed LAUSD Ditches Pearson and Apple - Diane Ravitch''s blog Call for Proposals 2015 - K12 Online Conference California''s multi-million dollar online education flop is another blow for MOOCs - The Hechinger Report Data and Diplomas: On LinkedIn''s Acquisition of Lynda.com - Audrey Watters Illusion Motivates Education Reform - (..)
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.
Hack Education
APRIL 3, 2017
This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” I made that selection in part because several ed-tech companies indicated that year that this was what they hoped to become – the MOOC startups, for example, as well as Edmodo, a social network marketed to K–12 schools. ” Despite raising some $87.5
Hack Education
DECEMBER 22, 2016
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” ” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera.
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