Massive open online course

• SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Online learning is booming as a productive use of otherwise idle time during COVID-19 lockdowns.
• 1 search engine for free online courses, saw 18+ million visitors in 2020more than double the entire year of 2019.
• One-fifth of the 100 most popular free online courses launched in 2020 are directly related to COVID-19.
• As the largest online catalog of MOOCs, Class Central offers a comprehensive sweep of topics and matches personal interests to available courses.

• Critical Voter (and its companion site LogicCheck ) uses the news of the day to teach anyone how to think clearly, communicate convincingly, and live a more successful and happier life.
• Critical Voterwill help turn this year's election into a learning experience that can help adults and kids hone the vital thinking skills needed to succeed in the 21stcentury.
• Jonathan Haber is an educational researcher, writer/author, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of K-12, higher education, and online/professional learning.
• In addition to Critical Voter , he is author of books on Critical Thinking and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for MIT Press and co-author of Resources for Student Assessment , published by the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).

• As schools reopen, they are having to adapt their approaches to ensure social distancing and support pupils who have been isolated for a long time.
• Fortunately, the last few months of the pandemic have served as a testing laboratory for blended learning approaches.
• On International Literacy Day, the EU shows its commitment to help bringing education systems to improved quality standards compatible with the post-Covid reality.
• Our second concerns have been continuity how the education sector can keep going during the pandemic and resilience how can it re-adapt to the new normal.
• And now, this priority will be more present than ever in a soon-to-be-revealed update of the EUs Digital Education Action Plan, which looks at ways of improving digital skills, teaching and infrastructure, at all levels of education.
• We are also trying to ensure that students lose out as little as possible on the opportunities that Erasmus+ provides.

What has the EU been doing to support the return to schools?

• From March onwards, the European Commission organised groups of ministry representatives to share information and good practice on the measures they were adopting to cope with COVID-19.
• In addition, a short survey to learn from the experiences of teachers and school leaders on the return to school under COVID-19 has been recently launched.
• The EU also offers a number of online platforms for teachers and education practitioners where they can enhance their remote teaching skills.
• The School Education Gateway has created a Teacher Academy offering useful MOOCs, webinars and articles on effective methods of online teaching.

Life under Corona: students and teachers share their experience

• This quote from Ewas testimonial, a 13-year-old German student, summarises how most students have felt during the pandemic.
• Hers is only one of the dozens of experiences compiled by the Erasmus+ project Tomorrow in the webpage Life under Corona, a humane approach to how students and teachers have experienced the last few months.
• Video of Cara and Luna_Erasmus Project Cara and Luna, from Germany, decided to share in a video their daily routine as students while staying at home.
• Video of Concerto Virtuale 25 aprile 2020 Messages of togetherness and solidarity came from schools all over Europe, from teachers and students longing to be together again.

• SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global education technology market size is anticipated to reach USD 285.2 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 18.1% from 2020 to2027, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Technology has revolutionized the process of learning.
• From Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to virtual classrooms, the education technology (EdTech) sector has emerged rapidly, leading to an influx of massive investments worldwide.
• Countries across the globe are realizing the potential of integrating technology to enhance student learning, enabling education leaders to undertake range of initiatives in integrating EdTech into their education systems, schools, and classrooms.
• Grand View Research has segmented the global education technology market based on sector, end user, type and region:
  Education Technology Sector Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)