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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there. Plateau of Productivity.

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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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Wednesday Buzz: Entering the World of Distributed Content

Associations Now

When I started using the web in the 1990s, every website—whether NYTimes.com or someone’s food blog—lived, in a technical sense, on the same level.” — Deirdre Reid (@deirdrereid) March 25, 2015. “A MOOC isn’t a webinar and it’s not a regurgitation of a PowerPoint presentation.” link] #assnchat.

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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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