Monetizing MOOCs
Korn, M. & Levitz, J. (2013, January 01). Online courses look for a business model – free classes, open to the masses, seek to generate revenue from content licensing, exams or job-referral services. The Wall Street Journal, p. B8.
E-Commerce
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E-commerce (also written as e-Commerce, eCommerce or similar variants), short for electronic commerce, is trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web for at least one part of the transaction’s life cycle, although it may also use other technologies such as e-mail.
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An Online Market for Learning Crafts
Rosman, K. (2013, January 03). Made by hand, learned online – to master home-spun skills, tens of thousands of women are signing up for craftsy’s interactive classes. The Wall Street Journal, p. D1.
People, mostly women, are increasingly willing to pay to take online courses to learn to quilt, sew, and bake, among other things.
To Build E-Commerce Apps and Sites, Young and Old are Learning to Code
Chen, A. (2014, March 12). It’s time to crack the code – to build apps and websites, kids and executives go to school; getting to know ruby. The Wall Street Journal, p. D1.
Parents of school-aged children along with young adults and experienced professionals are increasingly recognizing that the ability to code is as essential to being marketable in today’s technical society as are the abilities to read and write.