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Breaking Stories in Higher Ed 9/3/2019

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  • Education Startup Launches Online Courses for College Credit

    Masterclass co-founder Aaron Rasmussen is turning his attention to making introductory college courses more affordable for students. His new venture, dubbed Outlier.org, is launching online courses for Calculus I and Introduction to Psychology this fall.

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  • Class Central Ranks Top 100 MOOCs 'of All Time'

    The top five free online courses of all time follow no pattern whatsoever. One covers programming, two are about natural sciences and two others examine brain topics from very different perspectives, and they come from universities all over the world. But all five have one thing in common: They've been judged as the best-ranked by the people who have taken the classes and voted on them through Class Central.

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  • Smartphone Sales in Decline, but 5G-Powered Rebound Expected for 2020

    In 2019, smartphone sales worldwide will dip 2.5 percent over last year, according to a forecast from research firm Gartner, with the largest declines expected in Japan, Western Europe and North America.

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