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A Solution to the College Crisis

Jay Cross

Costs are ouf of control. Assess learning through demonstrating the skill in lieu of paper and pencil testing. Slash delivery costs by flipping the classroom. Use OER, YouTube, and other online media to present mainstream content. Corporate colleges. Higher education in the United States is broken.

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

Kitaboo

The overall cost of higher education has been continuously increasing, as is evident by the rise in the textbook prices. But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? a semester. Students seek value for money.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO. Three reasons why I hesitate - Ignatia Webs , September 22, 2010 Unesco is inviting us to jointly discuss OER, so if you are interested, let yourself be heard! concerning OER. Social Enterprise White Paper (PDF). Results of the Experiment.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI. think they’ll probably need it in a few years, when MOOCs turn into MOCs, though at something less than the current cost of tuition.” This post is from our new 10 page White Paper, “ MOOCs and Other Fads.” This model of change is relevant in education today.