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  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    Special ReportOnline MBA 2023
    How to pick and apply for an online business course

    Quality can be questionable in the ‘Wild West’ of higher education

  • Sunday, 9 May, 2021
    Executive education
    Executive education contenders with a different angle

    Covid accelerated the march of business schools’ rivals offering flexibility and informality

    Clients want measurable returns says Decoded’s Kathryn Parsons, pictured at Runnymede Sculpture Farm, run by her husband’s family in California.
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Special ReportInnovation in Education
    Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun: ‘Silicon Valley has an obligation to reach out to all of the world’

    The professor-turned-entrepreneur wants to turn his company into a global education provider

    Sebastian Thrun, co-founder and chief executive officer of Udacity Inc., stands for a photograph after a Bloomberg West Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, March 14, 2014
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Coursera graduates to new CEO and $64m funding round

    Online learning company wants to fuel growth and prepare for possible IPO

    Jeff Maggioncalda of Silicon Valley Bank
  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2016
    Strategy
    Why content is not always king

    Mixed fortunes of the digital education business suggest hits are elusive

    Young businesswoman working overtime at night in her office.  Universities’ current infatuation with Moocs reflects a misguided belief that the internet will make educational content creation a bigger and better business
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  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2016
    Management
    Google X disrupter Sebastian Thrun on fingernails and moonshots

    Udacity founder and Google X man declares war on groupthink, complacency and meetings

    Sebastian Thrun, CEO Udacity, talks about the growth of the online education company at the Udacity office in Mountain View, California, Friday, Feb. 5 2016. Thor Swift for the Financial Times
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2014
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    Clock ticking on Google’s driverless cars
    Google's Lexus RX 450H self-driving car
  • Sunday, 9 March, 2014
    Business education
    Welcome to the brave new world of Moocs

    Authenticating work is the next big task

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2013
    Business education
    Moocs: Can free classes match an MBA?

    A review of the courses that elite business schools are increasingly giving away online

    (Cambridge, MA - September 15, 2008) Moral Reasoning 22: Justice, taught by Professor Michael Sandel inside Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Staff Photo Justin Ide/Harvard News Office
  • Monday, 25 November, 2013
    Edward Luce
    Moocs are no magic bullet for educating Americans

    Methods of teaching make only marginal difference if content is irrelevant to the jobs market

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  • Sunday, 4 August, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    US online learning groups seek to push borders
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2013
    Tech blogRichard Waters
    Coursera races to expand its reach to the developing world
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