Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Interesting set of statistics related to venturer capital investments in education technology. The first overall trend is that money is pouring into the sector at a record pace. Second, the list of must well-funded ed tech companies might surprise you - leading the way are companies like Open English, TutorGroup and lynda.com. "Open English is an online school created to reinvent the English-language-learning experience targeted towards Spanish and Portuguese speakers in the Americas... TutorGroup is a provider of live synchronous e-Learning services focused on teaching language to global business professionals."

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