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MOOCS that prepare students for another course where they will earn creditsfor.

Gardian article about the impact of MOOCs on the education and the end of the universities as business for profit.

It is an article from a newspaper on MOOC's why did you share this?

A Review of MOOC initiatives in the UK

Blackboard President of Academic Plateform will deliver a webinar about the changes in online learningmodels. The webinar intro states: " To stay competitive and drive measurable success, institutions are experimenting with new approaches for online education by launching MOOCs, integrating and sharing open education resources, and enhancing the learning experience for socially connected students. " It is interesting to hear about how Blackboard's new approaches will change the open educational resources that will be stored in the iCloud.

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.

MOOCs - the story so far Sir John Daniel former President & Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth of Learning http://www.tonybates.ca/wp-content/uploads/Making-Sense-of-MOOCs.pdf

the benefits of technology for educators [Page 1]

summery: MOOCs have bad and good impact discribed well. As faculty I agree that iMOOCs is revelaing knowledge from best universities in the world but initially a loss in tuition fees.

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

from @yayin_ko on tiwtter

good plug for a shift in focus from quantity to quality and move from principle to practice.

"If you are looking for open online courses, please consult one of the sources below. If you are offering a MOOC (that is not from one of the sources listed) please send email to stephen@downes.ca and I will included it in the MOOC Course List."

Colleges aren't the only enterprises interested in the possibilities of free, online courses. Publishers have begun to investigate whether so-called MOOC's, or massive open online courses, can help them reach new readers and sell more books.

The adjective "open" ostensibly makes educational resources more easily accessible. But "open" can mean a lot of things: resources that are free; research that is publicly available on the Web and indexed by search engines; courses that offer open enrollment; materials that are openly licensed; content and code that can be copied and modified and redistributed. "Open" can mean "transparent." Open versus proprietary. Open versus closed.