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DECEMBER 2019 – NEWSLETTER #23 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
edX | Open edX
• edX’s View for 2020: MicroBachelors Programs and Stackable Modular Credentials for Full Degrees
• Two Professors from Dartmouth and IMT of France Awarded After their ‘C Programming with Linux’ Course
• Black Friday and Cyber Monday: edX, Pluralsight, Udemy and Skillshare Join the Marketing Season
Coursera
• Coursera’s Blockbuster Classes of 2019: Preeminence of AI, with 2M Enrollments
• Coursera for Business Claims 100% Year-Over-Year Customer Growth
• Coursera for Governments: Colombia Will Fund Scholarships for 25,000 Learners
• Novartis Will Grant Employees Free Tuition to Earn Two Master’s Degrees on Coursera
Open Source, OER
• Duke University Introduces an Open Source Tool as an Alternative to a Monolithic LMS
• OER, Rental and Subscriptions Push College Textbooks’ Business to a Further Decline
• WordPress: Jetpack Vulnerability and Recurring Payments Button with Stripe
New Platforms
• IBM Launches a Blockchain Credentials Network – A Community College At The Forefront
• Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup School Will Start with a Seven-Week Program
• Khan Academy Launches a Personalized Teaching Tool for Math in K-12
MOOCs, Courses
• Stanford GSB Launches the Most Sophisticated Online Certificate Program Ever… At a Price!
• Today, MOOCS Are Focused on Online Degrees and Corporate Training, Says Dhawal Shah
• FBI Opens Its Cyber Safety Educational Program for Young Students After Attracting 1M+ Last Year
2019 Upcoming Events
• Education Calendar – DECEMBER | JAN – JUNE 2020
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