Google Says Pearson’s New Learning System Is ‘Not a Shared Product’

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Philadelphia—When Pearson officials talk about their new learning-management system, OpenClass, they like to mention Google. They note that the software is distributed through Google’s App marketplace, and say that it was inspired by Google’s popular e-mail and Web services platform. Pearson drops the company’s name so much that many college officials assume that Google is jointly building the new system, something that officials have long speculated that the search company might one day do.

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Jeffrey R. Young was a senior editor and writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education focused on the impact of technology on society, the future of education, and journalism innovation. He is now a freelance journalist and host of the Learning Curve podcast about AI and education.