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New Big Data course offered by MIT will cost $495 to enroll. But that's still an incredible bargain. 
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Coursework to be assessed for academic credit by member institutions
Alfredo Corell's insight:
“university” that will allow students to study courses from 31 institutions around the world for free online is to launch this week – and is billed as a more attractive option than massive open online courses. Students who complete an Open Educational Resources University course will be able to pay a fee to have their work assessed for academic credit, which would then be recognised by all the universities participating in the OERu.
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Open Badges are online indicators of skills learned inside or outside the classroom. In order to understand how badges might be used to support learning and development in higher education, Ian Glo... Via Ana Cristina Pratas
James Jandebeur's curator insight,
November 22, 2013 9:48 AM
Now you can earn game achievements in learning new things. Considering how popular this simple idea seems to be in gaming, it should be effective. Some form of feedback, especially if it is immediate and pleasing in some way, is usually helpful. 
Dawn Wright's curator insight,
November 27, 2013 5:35 PM
I don't know if this will replace paid credits, but it is a start toward a new paradiam 
Paul Avila's curator insight,
November 30, 2013 9:57 PM
This is an interesting idea to use in the classroom. It would motivate students to improve their skills to achieve these badges. I would suggest implementing these with some incentive system so that students pursue these badges instead of earning them passively as useless labels. These badges can be useful to track progress of historical thinking skills. |
It was inevitable?
it was pretented on the long run?
is this supoused free eduation still a bargain?
Is this the MOOC's future?