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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

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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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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Finally, SaaS has also driven the evolution of e-learning standards as the SCORM specifications introduced in 2000 slowly give way to xAPI and other standards that provide for handling of data that is generated outside of a specific learning management system. The E-learning Cost Cliff. Access our interview with Peter C. Taylor here.).

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