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Are Open Educational Resources Right For Business Training?

Gutenberg Technology

Open educational resources (OER) are openly licensed digital assets that are beneficial for learning and research. These resources are freely available to all. Anyone can use, share, and modify it. It sounds too good to be true, right? You are thinking - I don’t need my eLearning vendor anymore. Well, don’t fire him, right away.

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Learner Resources in the Digital Age

BrainCert

Research suggests that social media can help learners feel more engaged and connected to their peers and instructors, which can have a positive impact on their learning experience. Whether you're interested in classic literature or the latest research in your field, digital libraries provide a treasure trove of resources.

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How Can K-12 Publishers Adapt in the Digital Era

Kitaboo

Just like every other publisher in the business, educational publishers also must take the plunge and dive straight into the midst of digital publishing. It will now focus on updating its digital products more frequently, offering artificial intelligence capabilities, data analytics and research. Publish Superior Content Than OERs.

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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. Research will become a competitive advantage. There’s no point rehashing the same lectures when the world’s best authorities have already recorded them and offered them to the world as OERs.

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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. Research will become a competitive advantage. There’s no point rehashing the same lectures when the world’s best authorities have already recorded them and offered them to the world as OERs.

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

iSpring Learn – Not open source, and started out as an authoring tool (still core business), which has an LMS. OER – Open Educational Resources exist and there are plenty to choose from, which you can add to your system. Here is a sampling of those vendors on the (“Alternative to Moodle). It is also fee-based.

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Open educational practices

Learning with e's

Some are having to change their business models. I know many colleagues who now refuse to publish their research in traditional journals - only open access will do for them. Tags: creative commons Open content OER Google MOOC OEP open scholarship. But things are changing slowly. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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