MOOC OER Pearson 
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
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. And obviously, both inclusive access and OER are about solving the cost problem. Can you see it?
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. And the idea of pivoting away from that at the exact moment Pearson, Cengage, and McGraw-Hill are adopting that approach seems a bit too convenient.
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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. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. Raise $146.1 million in venture funding; ask people to work for you for free.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 22, 2017
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” .” More via Inside Higher Ed. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Or something.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” “ Pearson , WTF? The business of OER. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.”
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