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Free Learning

Tony Karrer

When you produce advertising for massive distribution on network TV, you can afford to spend a lot of time and money to produce the ads. OCW, OER) as part of their internal learning. They can't afford to go into depth in niche areas because the costs would be too high for the return. If you know of examples, please contact me.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

The example they cite sounds like actually hacking – but I believe that we are going to see more and more employees taking initiative to end run the barriers in order to leverage networks, communities, and tools that extend beyond the boundaries of the organization. Just visit the OER Commons and Open Courseware Consortium.

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11 Differences between a MOOC and an Online Course

ID Reflections

MOOCs on various topics can be set up using blended content – some custom designed and some re-purposed from OERs and other available content from the net as long as one takes care to note the various IPR-related policies. MOOCs enable building of PLNs (Personal Learning Networks).