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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Because being cruel and thin-skinned seems to be the policy priority for everyone in the Trump administration. Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” And the response from those teachers, via The Washington Post : “DeVos criticized teachers at D.C.