Coursera now passing student details to employers (with the students permission - opt in). Allows people to seek work through the courses they have done.
Some thoughts on how Coursera might make money - and some insights into how they currently organise e.g. more than $1m per staff member in venture capital available.
" links to free on-line services that allow you to provide your students with enhanced learning opportunities which you can then embed into, or link from, your school/college/university's website, course blog or VLE/MLE."
Examples of scripting.
"The aim of Desktop Liberation and its related blog is to encourage you to take advantage of web capabilities without being constrained by your desktop software. You'll see a few techniques, tips and tricks for sure, as well as fully functional sample applications in various languages and frameworks, with a particular emphasis on Google Technology.
All code is of course unprotected and free to re-use. For more details see Reusing code from this site. Examples are downloadable here and throughout the site."