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SEPTEMBER 2019 – NEWSLETTER #20 | More breaking news at IBL News | New! Noticias en Español
Open edX
• ASU Abandons the Global Freshman Academy Project and Moves Into an Open edX Initiative
• LearnX.UQ, The University of Queensland’s New Open edX Ecosystem
edX
• edX Appoints New Managers; JP Beaudry Will Lead the Open Source Operations
• Curtin University and Universidad Anáhuac Contribute to the edX Consortium
Coursera
• Coursera Signs Up New Deals to Train Employees in Latin America Through its Self-Serve Platform
• Novartis’ 108K Employees Will Have Unlimited Access to Coursera’s Catalog
• Coursera Acquires an Online Platform for Hands-On Projects In Order to Enhance Its New R&D Unit
• Universidad de los Andes Will Develop the First MOOC-Based Master’s in Spanish
• Andrew Ng Internationally Expands His AI-Based Educational and VC Companies
Udacity
• Bertelsmann Will Fund 15,000 Scholarships to Learn Data, AI and Cloud Computing on Udacity
• Sebastian Thrun Picks an Executive of LendingTree as a New CEO at Udacity
Future Learn
• The University of Glasgow Will Deliver Its First Online Degree in Late 2020
MOOCs
• 2019 Learning with MOOCs Conference Unveils Its Keynote Speakers
• A MOOC that Teaches How to Create Viral Content Gets 86,000 Enrollees
• The Top 100 Free Online Courses According to Class Central
Industry
• LMS Market Won’t Grow, Continuing To Be Dominated By The Big Four
• Senators Address EdTech Top Players On Student Data Collection Practices
2019 Upcoming Events
• Education Calendar – SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JAN – JUNE 2020
This newsletter about Open edX, edX, Coursera, Udacity, and other platforms is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company which has built the IBL Platform. It includes AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.
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