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Re:The Online Education Revolution Drifts Off Course by girvo on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @04:55AM (#6994674)
Somewhat related: do Silicon Valley startups consider someone with actual completed MOOC courses an asset when looking to hire?
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Re:The Online Education Revolution Drifts Off Course by edtechdev on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @06:58AM (#6994838)
No: edX tried matching 868 high-performing MOOC students with employers, and none were hired.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/edx-drops-plans-to-co...

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Re:The Online Education Revolution Drifts Off Course by girvo on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @09:36PM (#6997878)
Huh, well, there you go. There's your issue for MOOCs then.
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