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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there. And all the quasi-MOOCs in higher education and CE: the cheap online master’s degrees that seemingly every big-name university is now offering. 2015 predictions. Plateau of Productivity. Our evidence?

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A Big Course From a Small Association

Associations Now

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. So last fall she started thinking about a MOOC —short for massive open online course, which is designed to deliver education to students with various interests and learning styles, at a flexible pace.

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Wednesday Buzz: Entering the World of Distributed Content

Associations Now

— Deirdre Reid (@deirdrereid) March 25, 2015. The 2015 Great Ideas Conference may have come to a close earlier this month, but leaders in the association world are still drawing insights from the event. “A MOOC isn’t a webinar and it’s not a regurgitation of a PowerPoint presentation.” link] #assnchat.

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Deaf Advocates Sue Harvard, MIT For Lack of Online Closed Captioning

Associations Now

Department of Justice may issue proposed rules in June 2015 to provide much-needed guidance in this area.”. “Online content represents the next frontier for learning and lifelong education,” NAD CEO Howard A. Rosenblum said. We expect that the U.S.

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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

Leading Learning

Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone public or been bought , and big Web firms like LinkedIn and Google have become major players. The MOOC 3. Yes, I know: most people sign up for MOOCs and never complete them.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

Coursera and edX, the two largest and most recognizable massive open online course (MOOC) providers, were both founded in 2012. billion in 2015. Arguably, digital badges have managed to gain traction mainly because the large MOOC providers and LinkedIn have found them valuable.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Google introduced Google Cardboard—basically a no-cost virtual reality headset—in 2015. That same year saw the launch of Barbara Oakley’s massive open online course, or MOOC, Learning How to Learn , on Coursera. billion acquisition in 2015. Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014. Access our interview with Peter C. Taylor here.).

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