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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

While, by its nature, content marketing may not produce revenue directly, it is a huge indirect driver of revenue for the companies and individuals that produce it. Coursera and edX, the two largest and most recognizable massive open online course (MOOC) providers, were both founded in 2012. billion in 2015.

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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. How to Generate Revenue for Advocacy Efforts Learn about strategies and best practices for generating revenue for association advocacy efforts.

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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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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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