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The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know

Associations Now

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to show themselves. Read on to see what Harvard and MIT have learned about MOOCs—and what your association should keep in mind. However,” the report states, “these declines vary widely by course.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Reporting CE issuance to accreditors is also a mess (are you familiar with PARS? ). There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. This profile will promote standardization in how simulators report over the Internet to databases.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

This report, recently published by Gallup (and available for free download), is written from a more corporate perspective, but some of it’s findings could be very relevant for associations. State of the American Workplace. Lifelong Learning is Becoming an Economic Imperative.

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Report: Where Association Learning Technology Is Going

Associations Now

The latest edition of Tagoras’ Association Learning + Technology report finds that emerging learning technology is out there, but the problem is that organizations don’t have an effective strategy to put it into play. ” The full report is available on the Tagoras website. percent) having a learning management system.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

Unlike many association management reports, the paper puts associations into their place in our larger world. When I went to college, a middle class kid could afford a four-year liberal arts education. Not your typical classes, I know, but they’re life skills people need to develop personally and professionally.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

Class Central has reviewed and compiled a list of The Best Intro to Programming Courses for Data Science. 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. Mon 10/10 at 1 p.m.* – How to Prepare for an IRS Audit.

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The Many Benefits of Selling Online Education to Corporate Members

WBT Systems

Even MOOCs have caught on. Forbes reports that “Coursera has about 500 corporate customers today, up from 30 last year, with bookings growth of 400 percent, compared to 70 percent growth among Coursera’s paying users overall.”. Everyone sees the revenue potential in providing online education to corporate customers.

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