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Here's a perspective on the Finnish education system from someone who also has a view towards open and free software in education. Suggests we all take a cue from agile software development to improve our own educational culture/system.

The Development of China's OER - Chinese Course of Excellence Project and Case Study Talk by Jia Yimin.

Blackboard CEO steps down. What is next for academic Software?? Can an open source software play a role in the future of the academic LMS. I believe YES it will be a main player for MOOCS and Open Courses acess not only in developing countries but also other wealthy countries.

Want to learn more about social book production, book sprints, and booki? Start with a draft of the agile manifesto for books...

MOOCs going corporate to save workplace learning? Predictions/perspective from Bloomberg/Businessweek: "Less appreciated is how the MOOCs could also change employee skill development and lifelong learning at work. "It will be transformational," says Josh Bersin, chief executive officer of his eponymous consulting firm." "I wouldn't be surprised if we see 10 companies or so in a year, offering MOOC -like courses to corporations," says Bersin."

"Web Platform Docs is a new community-driven site that aims to become a comprehensive and authoritative source for web developer documentation."