MOOCs
2U To Acquire The Nonprofit EdX For $800M
On June 29, the online education community was redefined. After several years of trying to compete against the leaders of this product category, MIT and Harvard have agreed to sell their nonprofit MOOC/OPM solution to 2U for 800M$. The consolidated company will reach over 50 million learners and offer more than 3,500 digital programs thanks ... 2U To Acquire The Nonprofit EdX For $800M Read More
How Massive Open Online Courses Benefit the Business and the Workforce
Why aren’t employers leveraging the potential of their employees? Why is it that businesses are passing up the benefits of MOOC training and development opportunities?
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Online Program Management Systems: Still an Emerging Market
Note to add emphasis: The data below is looking at all types of programs: microprograms, certificates, and full programs like bachelors, master, and Ph.D. While several things seems to have been put on hold in 2020, the Online Program Management Systems (OPMs) have not been. Last week (November 18, 2020), Joshua Kim, Director of Online ... Online Program Management Systems: Still an Emerging Market Read More
I thought MOOCs were dead!
For MOOCs, we can clearly see the rapid rise of the participating institutions until 2016. Since then, we see a flattening, not a crash.
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MOOCs University profiles : Coursera, edX, CourseSites, Futurelearn, iversity, Canvas
The data is for the top 6 MOOCs based on the number of Member Institutions. Member Institutions are defined as universities or colleges that participate in a MOOC system. This is an updated version of a post I did in July 2013. The data was compiled from the MOOCs and institutions’ websites. Read More
MOOCs, a short history
When The New York Times dubbed 2012 “The Year of the MOOC,” it was pretty much on, give or take a year. As the visualisation below shows, 2012 was big, but 2013 is even bigger if you look at it from the number of partnering institutions. At the end of 2012, 100 universities and colleges ... MOOCs, a short history Read More
LMS used by MOOC Institutions
Have you ever wondered why MOOCs suddently appeared? Why educational institutions didn’t just use their learning management systems (LMS) and open specific courses to everyone? Was something wrong with their LMS that pushed them to get a MOOC system? What learning management system were they using? We looked at the MOOC’s 451 partner institutions and ... LMS used by MOOC Institutions Read More
Worldwide MOOCs (19 systems)
Inspired by the article on EdSurge, I realised that I had the information for 19 MOOCs. The following visualization is based on the institutions that have partnered with the different MOOCs from January 2003 to August 2013. Mar 2003 – UKeU – (closed in 2005) Apr 2007 – ALISON (Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online) Jun ... Worldwide MOOCs (19 systems) Read More
MOOCs University profiles : Coursera, edX, Futurelearn, iversity, OpenEd and Udacity
See new and updated versionI have updated the visualisation with the most recent information, added 2 new Moocs and added 5 world university rankings I now have 11 MOOCs in the Viz: CourseSites (Blackboard), Coursera, Coursolve, edX, Futurelearn, Iversity, Open Learning Global, Open2Study , OpenEd, Udacity and Veduca. We haven’t Included the following MOOCs since ... MOOCs University profiles : Coursera, edX, Futurelearn, iversity, OpenEd and Udacity Read More
