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Welcome MOOC to the future
Back in September 2013, FutureLearn, the first UK-led provider of free online courses, went live, following the rapid development of massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the global higher education sector. Today, more than 50,000 learners have
signed up for nearly 700,000 courses with the social learning platform. In this issue, I interview its CEO, Simon
Nelson, at the British library in London, where he tells me what’s next for MOOCs, higher education and edtech. Also in this issue, Paul Dimery looks
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