Massive List of Chinese Language MOOC Providers
There might currently be more Chinese MOOC providers than you think, considering that the first one, XuetangX, launched all the way back in October 2013. The origins of MOOC platforms in China can be traced back to November 2011, when 20 courses offered by Chinese universities were made available online through the OpenCourseWare platform iCourse.…
A New (co-)CEO for edX: Previous President and COO Adam Medros
EdX, the non-profit MOOC provider backed by MIT and Harvard, has announced the appointment of Adam Medros as co-CEO. He will lead the company alongside the founder and CEO Anant Agarwal. Adam joined edX back in October 2017 as the COO and President. He came from a 13-year stint at Tripadvisor (it’s like Class Central,…
Massive List of MOOC Providers Around The World
Back in October 2011, Stanford professors launched three free online courses, open to the public. One by one, these courses went massive, with enrollments topping 100,000 students each. Soon the media was calling these courses MOOCs, short for massive open online courses. Since then more than 900 universities around the world have launched free online…
Human Learning #41 – Of Language, Chatbots and Ethics
Disclosure: To support our site, Class Central may be compensated by some course providers. November 14, 2018 5 minute read Comments Welcome to issue #41, the two thrusts of which drill down on the tech of Edtech. The first part is my article on Duolingo, which argues MOOC platforms will find it difficult in some…
MOOCWatch 20: Coursera’s Acquisition; Udacity’s New CEO; Top 100 MOOCs of All Time
With many MOOC stories focussing on careers, this article written by a professor at Tsinghua University is a reminder that MOOCs can fill different roles in people’s lives. Even with the limitations of Google Translate, it’s an interesting read. Thanks to our newest team member Rui from China for this link. While MOOCs are often…
Udacity Continues with Nanodegree Pricing Tweaks
When Udacity originally announced Nanodegrees, they had a monthly subscription price of $200/month. Over time Udacity announced programs such as a 50% tuition refund if students finished the course within a year and a job guarantee program. Eventually, these programs were shut down. Then under CEO Vishal Makhijani, who took over from Sebastian Thrun in…
EdX Puts Up A Paywall for Graded Assignments
Disclosure: To support our site, Class Central may be compensated by some course providers. December 17, 2018 3 minute read Comments It finally happened. Early this year, edX removed the word free from their homepage and announced that they would soon start testing a support fee. (Class Central cataloged a few of the tests here.)…
Udacity Restructuring Leads to Massive Layoffs
Disclosure: To support our site, Class Central may be compensated by some course providers. November 29, 2018 1 minute read Comments In my review of Udacity’s 2017, I noted that the company went truly global and was launching a number of region-specific initiatives. However, based on recent events, it seems as if Udacity is scaling…
MOOCWatch 21: China vs the World
With one of our newest recruits being based in China, we are now able to share an insider’s perspective on the development of MOOCs in one of the world’s most influential nations. And it seems that MOOCs are as big in China as they are in the rest of the world combined. According to China’s…
FutureLearn’s Unlimited: One Price for the Entire Catalog
FutureLearn, the UK-based MOOC provider, just launched a new plan that lets learners pay a single price to access most of FutureLearn’s catalog. Unlimited costs $269 and gives users access to the catalog for a single year and does not automatically roll over. For now Unlimited is available for a discounted rate of $199 (until May 11, 2019).…
