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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. Your content still needs to be valuable enough to justify the cost. All the MOOCs out there. Our evidence?

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. Lunch costs are on your own. Lunch costs are on your own. Learning business. Membership tiers. No plan, no progress. on the same day.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

This list is part of their Data Science Career Guide , a six-part series recommending the best online courses and MOOCs for people entering the data science industry. What online courses (including your own) and MOOCs would you recommend to people entering (or thinking about entering) your industry or profession? 1 CMP credit.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

In more recent times, as debates have flared about the costs and value of traditional degree programs and the focus on lifelong learning has increased, academic continuing education units have gained more prominence. Coursera and edX, the two largest and most recognizable massive open online course (MOOC) providers, were both founded in 2012.

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Finding Radical Value in Core Competencies

Association Subculture

Rising college tuition costs, shrinking numbers of seats, and new technology based delivery systems are combining to create a perfect storm in the adult education world. Core competencies are “traditional,” but can still be incredibly innovative if we carefully rethink and refresh them for a new audience.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

If the cost of a college education is going to saddle you with crazy amounts of debt, you better prepare yourself for a career that gets you to six figures fast. Thanks to MOOCs , many people around the world are patching together a college-level education by taking classes from Brown, Penn, UVA, Harvard and other respected universities.

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

WBT Systems

Besides other associations, you now have online professional platforms like LinkedIn (now owned by Microsoft) and Udacity to worry about, plus all the MOOCs like Coursera and EdX. Search for innovative product concepts. If one thing is certain about the future, it’s the increasing number of competitors in the lifelong learning space.

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