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JANUARY 2020 – NEWSLETTER #24 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
edX
• UT Austin Launches a Top Master’s Degree on Nutritional Sciences on edX.org
• Stanford University Joins the edX Consortium Seven Years Later
• edX Launches Its First Two MicroBachelors Degrees with WGU and NYU
• WGU Provides Details on Its MicroBachelor: Successful Completion Does Not Mean Automatic Accreditation
• First Online MBA on edX: “If We Don’t Do it, Someone Else Will,” Says Boston University
Open edX
• Harvard and Amgen Announce LabXchange.org, an Open Platform with Scientific Content
• NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Includes the “Freshman Year for Free” Program in His Agenda
• XuetangX Raises Another $15 Million to Add AI Technology and Expand Its Catalog
Coursera
• Coursera Introduces Its First Fully Online Bachelor’s from an American University
• Google Expands Its IT Support Offering on Coursera.org by Adding Python and Automation
Courses, Programs
• Dr. Chuck’s ‘Python for Everybody’ Full Class on YouTube and Other Formats
• Esri’s Free MOOC Program, with 150,000 Students, Sets a Reference in Corporate Education at Scale
Platforms
• A Cloud Guru Acquires The Linux Academy and Claims 1.5 M Learners
• ProctorU Merges With Canadian Yardstick; the New Company Raises $30 Million
• Outlier.org Raises $16 Million in Funding to Expand Its Cinema-Quality Video Courses
• Chatbots and Other Artificial Intelligent Cases Are on the Rise, Despite High Expectations
2020 Upcoming Events
• Education Calendar – JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY – DEC | Conferences in Latin America & Spain
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