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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “Fully Online, Top-Ranked Master’s Degrees Now Available on edX.” ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” of Washington.” million total.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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