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    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Special ReportOnline MBA 2023
      How to pick and apply for an online business course

      Quality can be questionable in the ‘Wild West’ of higher education

    • Sunday, 9 May, 2021
      Executive education
      Executive education contenders with a different angle

      Covid accelerated the march of business schools’ rivals offering flexibility and informality

      Clients want measurable returns says Decoded’s Kathryn Parsons, pictured at Runnymede Sculpture Farm, run by her husband’s family in California.
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
      Special ReportInnovation in Education
      Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun: ‘Silicon Valley has an obligation to reach out to all of the world’

      The professor-turned-entrepreneur wants to turn his company into a global education provider

      Sebastian Thrun, co-founder and chief executive officer of Udacity Inc., stands for a photograph after a Bloomberg West Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, March 14, 2014
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      Coursera graduates to new CEO and $64m funding round

      Online learning company wants to fuel growth and prepare for possible IPO

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    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2016
      Strategy
      Why content is not always king

      Mixed fortunes of the digital education business suggest hits are elusive

      Young businesswoman working overtime at night in her office.  Universities’ current infatuation with Moocs reflects a misguided belief that the internet will make educational content creation a bigger and better business
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      Management
      Google X disrupter Sebastian Thrun on fingernails and moonshots

      Udacity founder and Google X man declares war on groupthink, complacency and meetings

      Sebastian Thrun, CEO Udacity, talks about the growth of the online education company at the Udacity office in Mountain View, California, Friday, Feb. 5 2016. Thor Swift for the Financial Times
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    • Monday, 9 December, 2013
      Business education
      Moocs: Can free classes match an MBA?

      A review of the courses that elite business schools are increasingly giving away online

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