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Sugra Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiment. SOLE - a self-organized learning environment, based on a curriculum of questions that set curiosity free, varying forms of peer assessment and certification without examination.

A group interested on the liberation of information (it goes from free e-learning to governmental transparency)

An impassioned essay calling for an end the restrictive fear and rigidity of top down education.Instead let us learn from the wisdom of indigenous cultures and be free to learn, imagine, wander, and be more human - less mass produced. "If the internet is the collective intelligence of human beings connecting across the dimension of digital space, then indigenous wisdom is the collective intelligence of human beings connecting across the dimension of time."

"While I'm around, Khan Academy will be free," Khan says. (source: Inside Higher Ed) "The new world is not about selling or having a gate to knowledge," he said. "It's about having a relationship with the user." (source: Daily News)

1. Does not passing a rigorous exam matter in a MOOC, in terms of getting a job afterwards? Do MOOC's lack credibility in the eyes of employers, or is that just an old fashioned way of thinking? 2. If MOOC's work, and they are free to do, how are they going to be financially sustainable in the long term? 3. "Moocs are an excellent way to give everyone access to academic thought, rather than having them stuck with whatever their own institution chooses to provide, and as a way for academics to keep up to date themselves" What do you think?

This one has some courses on social sciences supported by the United Nations. They are complete undergraduate degrees online! 

Thanks Chris - will keep an eye on this, Sandra (NB: because we built a Diigo group for our website, www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub, when I post here my moniker comes up as Study Hub.)