EdBizWatch

US Edtech Brings in $240 Million in June

The funding was spread across 22 different deals with at least 33 unique investors.

US Edtech Brings in $240 Million in June, edSurge

Investors Rethink EdTech As Dealflow Declines

U.S. edtech companies raised $1.2B across 357 venture rounds in 2014. In 2015 so far, only 111 investments were tracked.

Investors Rethink EdTech As Dealflow Declines, Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch

Udemy Raises $65 Million, Led by Stripes Group

CEO Dennis Yang regards his 160-employee company as education’s answer to Netflix.

Udemy Raises $65 Million to Become Netflix for Education, Lora Kolodny, WSJ

Anyone Can Be a Teacher at Skillshare, an Online School

Susan Orlean, Debbie Millman, and Seth Godin are teaching courses at Skillshare.

Anyone Can Be a Teacher at Skillshare, an Online School, Jonah Bromwich, NYT

50 Top Online Learning Sites

By category, most popular, not ranked, some free some not, both credentialed and not.

50 Top Online Learning Sites, Best College Reviews

Where Are All the Venture Dollars Going in Ed-Tech?

K-12 has started to see a significant uptick.

Where Are All the Venture Dollars Going in Ed-Tech? Lauren Landry, BostInno

4 Lessons on how MOOCs Should Be Deployed

For college credit, for college readiness, for MOOC hybrid courses, for job training.

Why MOOCs Are More Like Health Clubs Than Hospitals, Andrew Kelly, Forbes

Udemy Raises $32 Million, Led by Norwest Venture Partners

Platform lets professionals w subj matter expertise create, distribute & sell video courses.

Udemy Raises $32 Million, Led by Norwest Venture Partners, Lora Kolodny, WSJ

MOOCs Trim Billions in Personnel Training

$160 billion/yr spent on job training and certification, (Bersin, Deloitte Consulting.)

MOOCs Trim Billions in Personnel Training, Ellen Lee, CNBC

Can Online Education Grow Up?

Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng believes MOOCs can still deliver on a promise of social betterment, even as he aims for corporate clients.

Can Online Education Grow Up? Kent Bernard, Jr, Upstart

Top 10 Ed-Tech Startups of 2013

"Ok. Ok. My top 3 ed tech startups."

Top 10 Ed-Tech Startups of 2013, Audrey Watters, Hack Education

A Comprehensive List of MOOC Providers

Have you heard of all 24 MOOC providers listed here?

A Comprehensive List of MOOC Providers, Tarique Haider, TechnoDuet

Udemy Launching a Corporate Training Option

Corporate training opens up a new and potentially big revenue stream for the company.

Udemy Launching a Corporate Training Option, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Udemy Wants to Bring Big Names to Teach Online

“Imagine what we could accomplish if every expert shared his or her knowledge w/ the world.”

Udemy Launches Teach2013, Jeff Dunn, edudemic

Smart Cities: San Francisco

10 yrs ago it was all about Silicon Valley, but now Oakland is emerging as an edtech hotspot.

Smart Cities: San Francisco, Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart

Students Rush to Web Classes, but Profits May Be Much Later

“Monetization is not the most important objective for this business at this point.”

Students Rush to Web Classes, but Profits May Be Much Later, Tamar Lewin, New York Times

Udemy Raises $12 Million from Insight Venture

The learning platform lets anyone teach & participate in online video classes. Total raised $16M.

Online Learning Market Udemy Lands $12 Million, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

25 EdTech Startups Worth Knowing

There’s a litany of resources being created on a daily basis.

25 EdTech Startups Worth Knowing, Katie Lepi, Edudemic

How Did Udemy Get 11K Courses Online So Fast?

The challenge wasn't getting profs, authors to use Udemy, but to teach courses online at all! 

How Did Udemy Get 11k Course Online So Quickly? Gagen Biyani, Quora

Field Guide to Online Education Startups

In the past 3 months, at least 7 online course startups launched or announced funding.

Online Education Startups: A Field Guide, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM