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Report warns protections against spying on kids too weak | RNZ
Report warns protections against spying on kids too weak | RNZ
A new report is warning the country's protections to stop big tech companies spying on schoolchildren appear far too weak. Overseas, the multi-billion-dollar spread of online learning has triggered lawsuits in the United States, and controversy in Australia and the United Kingdom. Phil Pennington is looking into this.
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Report warns protections against spying on kids too weak | RNZ
Coursera and 2U: MOOCs are Designed to Compete with Google AdWords. –
Coursera and 2U: MOOCs are Designed to Compete with Google AdWords. –

MOOCs are more or less explicitly considered to be useful primarily as marketing tools rather than educational experiences... MOOCs have become advertising tools to attract students into more lucrative degree programs run by OPMs. As more degree programs have gone online (driven, in part, by the success of the OPMs themselves), the cost of advertising using relevant search keywords Google AdWords has gone up. Because demand for them has gone up.

MOOCs are attempting to disrupt Google AdWords in education.

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Coursera and 2U: MOOCs are Designed to Compete with Google AdWords. –