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Stephen Downes

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As the subhead says, "Simon Nelson, FutureLearn's CEO, addresses your main questions surrounding the announcement that SEEK is joining The Open University as 50/50 shareholders in FutureLearn." Says Nelson, " FutureLearn was never set up as a charity or not-for-profit organisation: it was established as a commercial arm of The Open University." Though he hastens to add, " t's important to say that we're focused on making a profit in line with our values and those of our partners and owners, driven by our purpose to transform access to education." I wonder whether the OU's new partners see it that way. I wonder how OU employees feel about being engaged in a commercial venture. Interesting note from Dawhal Shah: Coursera and FutureLearn raised big money from the same investor.

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