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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. Conversely, some of the smaller, younger institutions will emerge from the shadows as the world sees how good they really are. Over time, an increasing number of narrow, specific topics that link to corporate competencies will emerge.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. Conversely, some of the smaller, younger institutions will emerge from the shadows as the world sees how good they really are. Over time, an increasing number of narrow, specific topics that link to corporate competencies will emerge.

OER 224
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Strategic Partnerships in Publishing: A Game Changer for Authors

Kitaboo

In this regard, digital textbook platforms like KITABOO have emerged as key players in addressing evolving student learning habits. The Future of Higher Education Publishing India’s book business stands as a market with 22 official languages and countless more dialects.

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Open all hours #EDEN15

Learning with e's

The open source movement emerged, with an emphasis on efficiency, and on the rights to use and modify software and tools. Finally, the emergence of Web 2.0 Weller asked whether the idea of education being broken is now being monetised by the big edu-businesses and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

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14 Articles on MOOCs

Jay Cross

link] (see also entire special issue on Emergent Learning, Connections, Designs for Learning: [link]. Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education, International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), 12(7). Open All the Way: MOOCs, OER, and Open Education.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

[link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. link] March 9-11, 2011 Emerging Directions in Global Education (EDGE): Catalysing Change, New Delhi, India.

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Learning Styles and Visualization

Mark Oehlert

Ive been tinkering with Many Eyes over the last couple of weeks as a way of exploring potential visual navigation tools/interfaces for Open University courses and qualifications, and OpenLearn OERs/course units: [link] and search for "many eyes". Emerging Tech. t unique, itâ??s s prophetic." --Clay Shirky. Recent Tweets. Oehlerts Book.