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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Best MOOCs

If you had to select the best Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms, how would you do it? You could compile the individual course ratings offered on each system (see coursetalk.org) or you could do what several people do when choosing a program; look at university rankings to give you an indication of the quality ... The Best MOOCs  Read More

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Exploring Why Institutions Change Student Information Systems 

At its conference this year, Ellucian highlighted Indian River State College’s recent conversion from another student information system (SIS) to its Ellucian Banner SaaS product. In the accompanying video, Dr. Timothy Moore, the college president, highlighted the functional reasons for the product switch and discussed how he sees the new product as better supporting his ... Exploring Why Institutions Change Student Information Systems   Read More

Deconstructing LMS RFPs: The Most Popular Evaluation Criteria

Writing a request for proposals to replace your current LMS is one of the most daunting tasks for non-procurement specialists. To help you accomplish this, you may decide to browse listserv archives or again, you may ask your colleagues in other universities what they included in this type of document. As an alternative, you could ... Deconstructing LMS RFPs: The Most Popular Evaluation Criteria  Read More

Relationships Between Institutional Characteristics, Student Personas and SIS

Student information systems (SIS) have significantly evolved since they first appeared in the 1960s, from essentially serving as the central store of student-related data to supporting activities such as class registration, grade management, and transcript generation. With this evolution has come increased demands on the SIS to support different student personas (traditional, transfer, etc.) and ... Relationships Between Institutional Characteristics, Student Personas and SIS  Read More