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JULY 2021 – NEWSLETTER #38 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
2U Buys EdX
• More Views on What 2U’s Purchase of edX Will Mean for Higher Ed
• Class Central Says that 2U Might Use edX’s Leads to Push Learners Into Debt
• Wall Street Receives 2U’s Purchase of edX with Gains
• Flooded with Cash and the Open edX Software, MIT and Harvard Start to Shape their New Non-Profit Venture
• 2U Buys MIT’s and Harvard’s edX Platform for $800M; Open edX Software Kept as Non-Profit
edX | Open edX
• The University of Cambridge Offers Eight Free Courses on Creative Arts on edX
• EdX Extends Its Free Catalog of 100 Selected Courses for Universities Until June 2021
• Open edX Releases Its Twelfth Version of the Platform Called ‘Lilac’
Coursera
• Researchers Discovered Security Vulnerabilities on the Coursera.org Platform
• The U.S. Falls Sharply in Digital Skills Ranking 29th Globally, Says Coursera
• Billionaire Investor George Soros Strongly Recommends to Buy Coursera’s Stock
Learning Platforms and Wall Street
• Instructure Acquires Its Partner “EesySoft” as It Prepares to Go Public… Again!
• Corporate Training Startup Skillsoft Debuts in the NYSE with a Small Drop
• The New Skillsoft and Global Knowledge Merged Company Starts in the NYSE
• Investment Company Platinum Equity Buys McGraw Hill for $4.5 Billion
• Pluralsight Buys Skills Development Platform A Cloud Guru
2021 Events | All of the Key Conferences Listed!
• Education Calendar – JULY-DECEMBER | Conferences in Latin America & Spain
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