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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. Arguably, digital badges have managed to gain traction mainly because the large MOOC providers and LinkedIn have found them valuable. As such, they are the main drivers for adult learning as a market.

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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. I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. Learning business.

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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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Reads of the Week: January 18, 2013

Reid All About it

If you’re interested in education and MOOCs and such, you’ve probably already read it. If the main value of association membership is networking, why pay dues when you can maintain those contacts easily and for free on your own?” Simple, yet we find it so hard to do in our stressed out work days. Time to shift.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The huge drop in costs is one of the main factors fueling the growth of e-learning and the ability of more learning businesses to provide it. It is also one of the main factors that made it possible for organizations to pivot their education and events online when the pandemic hit full force in March 2020. Taylor here.).

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On Learning Well: A Practical Look at Metalearning for Learning Businesses

Leading Learning

At the less scaffolded end of the spectrum, you might point them to resources (like Self-Directed Learning , 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner , Coursera’s Learning How to Learn MOOC, or this resource). That’s the main tenet of deliberate practice, a concept based on the work of psychologist Anders Ericsson. Deliberate practice.

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