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USC, New York Times Partner On Online Education Courses

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The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. The NYTimes has been running its educational efforts since September of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Education technology meets its limits

TechCrunch LA

Developing skills-based online courses and credentials is the easy part. The hard part is getting employers to pay attention.

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lynda.com Targets Web Development Skills With New Courses

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Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development. lynda development courses learning class education' READ MORE>>.

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Schoolofbookkeeping Looks To Tackle Online Accouting Education

socalTECH

A new, Santa Barbara-based startup, Schoolofbookkeeping.com , launched this week, offering up online courses for bookkeepers, accountants, business owners, and accounting students. schoolofbookkeeping bookkeeping accounting education video videos online learning startup' READ MORE>>.

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The Skills Raises $5 Million for Online Sports Courses

L.A. Business Journal

has raised $5 million in seed funding for a newly launched online sports education platform. Manhattan Beach startup Skills Annex Inc.

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Alteryx Links With Udacity On Predictive Analytics Course

socalTECH

Irvine-based analytics software developer Alteryx said on Wednesday that it has linked up with online education provider Udacity, to offer up a "nanodegree" focused on data science. The two said the new online course an be completed part time, and will take around six months to complete.

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Google Launching Its Own Computer Science Courses on Campuses

Xconomy

The course will then be held at four other higher education institutions in the summer. The bootcamp-like machine learning course is part of a broader Google initiative to bring computer science instruction that it designs. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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