2U Layoffs and Other Observations

Higher ed turbulence trickles down to the company, but just surviving is a poor post-bankruptcy strategy

Friday Follow Up

Updates on Coursera's fee, accessibility regs, and Big Tech AI cheating

Coursera Is Just Not That Into You

The new 15% "platform fee" comes on top of de-emphasizing OPM degrees and university content

Friday Follow Up

An AI battle to watch, a video explainer on regulatory changes, and Coursera's content path

Interesting Reads This Week

Wicked problems and half-baked solutions

Open edX Conference Notes 2025

Optimism, hard choices, and threats to established LMS players

Friday Follow Up

The Online Ed update - research usage, Calbright updates, and Coursera's strategy change

Our Second Webinar

Reading the Tea Leaves: Online and EdTech Growth and Investments

Coursera's Content Strategy Change

A matter of kind, not degree

Breaking: 2U files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Prepackaged Deal

Agreements are already in place, and the company may emerge from bankruptcy as soon as September

Lego my Metaphor

The problem with how we think about stackability of microcredentials

Coursera and Market Insights Into Online Enrollments and OPM Viability

Thank goodness for public company reporting to augment other data

Interesting Reads This Week

Changes in the world of OPMs, the effects of too much free money, enrollment, and stalling

Talking OPM Market and Institution Strategy

The Brutal Spring and Summer for OPMs and MOOCs

We Don’t Need Vanity-Driven MOOC 4.0 Hype

UNC System Bets $97 million on Creating an Internal OPM

Additional Points on 2U’s Acquisition of edX

Notes on FutureU Podast “Explained: What is an OPM?”

Noodle, Coursera, and 2U/edX Discussions on Educational Platform Approaches

Coursera, 2U, and the Emerging Education Platform Market

Three Charts That Help Explain the 2U / edX Acquisition

RNL Acquisition of Helix Education: The OPM story