Noodle takes aim at another ed-tech market: non-degree courses

Image:  The two behemoths in what one might call the online degree and training platform space, Coursera and 2U, took different paths to their respective perches. 2U began by promising to help prestigious colleges take their academic programs online in a big way; in recent years it has swallowed companies that also allowed it to offer short training courses, bootcamps and -- assuming its stunning proposal to purchase the nonprofit edX goes through -- non-degree courses and programs and...