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ERIC Number: EJ988992
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec-4
Pages: 0
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
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Providers of Free MOOC's Now Charge Employers for Access to Student Data
Young, Jeffrey R.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec 2012
The author describes how providers of free online courses are officially in the headhunting business, bringing in revenue by selling to employers information about high-performing students who might be a good fit for open jobs. Coursera, which works with high-profile colleges to provide massive open online courses, or MOOC's, announced its employee-matching service, called Coursera Career Services. Several high-profile tech companies have already signed up for Coursera's new employee-matching service. Udacity offers a similar service. Udacity works directly with professors to offer courses, rather than signing agreements with colleges.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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