Sentences with phrase «open online course startup»

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Of course, this is the very reason several mattress startups — most of whom began as online - only sellers — have followed Bonobos» lead and opened brick - and - mortar stores.

In the last year, much attention has been given to startups bringing instruction to mass audiences — and for good reason: massive open online courses (MOOCs) have the potential to remake what it means to get a college education.

For example, Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson recently identified credentialing as an area of opportunity for ed tech startups during a conversation with organizers of an open online course on entrepreneurship in education called EdStartup 101.

In fact, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested a lot of money into the education field (to the chagrin of some experts), including strong support of Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, startups such as the Khan Academy.

In a move that doesn't bode well for massive and open online courses known as MOOCs, San Jose State University on Thursday said that it was pausing its highly - touted partnership with online education startup Udacity.

Hyperledger, the international blockchain collaboration of corporate giants and young startups in partnership with the Linux Foundation, is launching a new free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to meet the rapidly accelerating...