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MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does).
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” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The School Library Journal reports that “ New York DOE Green Lights Amazon eBook Deal.”
Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. National) Education Politics. ” Don’t worry.
Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics.
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