In a joint initiative with Google and Udacity, Bertelsmann, the international media, services and education company, is inviting the people 18 and…
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In a joint initiative with Google and Udacity, Bertelsmann, the international media, services and education company, is inviting the people 18 and…
Read MoreLifelong learning startup Curious wants to provide teachers of all kinds with the web tools to build their own online classrooms and reach a wider audience of students.…
Read MoreAs part of a larger strategy to broaden its online content, General Assembly is launching its first interactive online learning tool Dash, which teaches people how to code through a set of fictional scenarios.…
Read MoreAfter running into problems with accreditors, educational technology startup Altius Education has sold its assets to higher education marketing company Datamark.…
Read MoreHarvard Business School is reportedly getting into online education with a new initiative called HBX.…
Read MoreLanguage-learning startup Duolingo is launching a new Language Incubator to enable its 10 million users to contribute lessons for new languages.…
Read MoreJust a few months after opening its doors to teachers, online learning community Socratic has raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Spark Capital and including Andreessen Horowitz and others.…
Read MoreAs the conversation around online education increasingly turns toward credentialing, Microsoft Virtual Academy is partnering with startup Degreed to recognize those who complete their online training programs.…
Read MoreNow, the Silicon Valley-based non-profit Khan Academy offers millions of students online instruction. But, in the future, could it also provide a new kind of credential?…
Read MoreLinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman wants upgrade the college diploma, but he’s not the only one thinking of new ways to approach credentialing.…
Read MoreFor the first time, online education startup Coursera is sharing details on how it's faring on the money-making front: the company said it's earned $1 million from the verified certificate program it launched in January.…
Read MoreKaplan's TechStars-powered ed tech accelerator held its first demo day and showcased startups rethinking online credentialing, retooling literacy learning and improving career readiness.…
Read MoreOnline education startup Udacity says it's partnering with a group of leading technology companies to better prepare students for work in the 21st century.…
Read MoreA year after raising $80 million in its first round of venture capital, Canadian ed tech company Desire2Learn has made its third acquisition in nine months.…
Read MoreCable network AMC is teaming up with education technology company Instructure and the University of California at Irvine for a massive open online course based on the popular television series The Walking Dead.…
Read MoreIn the latest critique of massive open online courses (MOOCs), the professor of an online course held up as an example by the media and MOOC providers has decided to shutter his class.…
Read MoreA new survey from Inside Higher Ed contrasts professors' perceptions of online education with the media's portrayal.…
Read MoreNoRedInk, a San Francisco startup founded by a former high school English teacher, has raised $2 million in a round led by Google Ventures.…
Read MoreIn a recent interview, Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun responds to negative reports about his startup's online education partnership with San Jose State University.…
Read MoreTextbook rental company Chegg has filed an S-1 with the SEC, indicating its intention to raise $150 million in an initial public offering.…
Read MoreSan Francisco-based InstaEDU has raised an additional $4 million for its online marketplace of private tutors.…
Read MoreTo make sure employees aren't getting distracted, online training company Mindflash is incorporating new eye-tracking technology into its application.…
Read MoreFeynman Liang has finished more than 36 online classes, putting the 21-year-old in the upper ranks of MOOC veterans. Here are his tips for picking classes.…
Read MoreTynker, a Mountain View startup behind a visual programming language for kids, now offers a plot-driven, gamified way to learn how to code.…
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