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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Coursera 22 May 2013 | 07:33 pm
Welcome to another Textbook Guru review in our series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). We’ve already reviewed MOOCs as a whole, looked at class structure and reviewed two major players in the s...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Udacity 16 Apr 2013 | 07:50 pm
Welcome back to our series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Today we are taking a look at one of the largest platforms in the field, Udacity. In case you missed it, we’ve already looked at the ...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): edX 3 Apr 2013 | 07:12 pm
Welcome back to our 5 part series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you missed it, we’ve already taken a broad look at MOOCs as a whole and an overview of what taking an MOOC is like. Today w...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Class in Session 21 Mar 2013 | 06:29 pm
Recently I broached the subject of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which have very recently exploded onto the academic scene. They are an exciting new way of learning; able to reach thousands of ...
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Student Seller, Against Textbook Publishers 20 Mar 2013 | 08:00 pm
In a decision of great consequence to our industry (as well as to all things copyright), the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled 6-3 in favor of allowing resellers who buy copyrighted products abroad t...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): An Overview 6 Mar 2013 | 10:30 pm
I have been hopefully following the movement towards more affordable education for a while now, primarily tracking the growth of digital textbooks and their impact on the high prices student’s pay for...
Flat World Knowledge – Free Textbooks 21 Feb 2013 | 07:10 pm
In the past I have done reviews of the textbooks and platform at Flat World Knowledge. In December 2012, Flat World announced a change to their business model which previous to this change always gav...
re:boot – does education need one? 8 Jan 2013 | 09:58 pm
Today, in a few minutes, I will be online following a conference in California on the state of education. Come on line and check it out with me. http://www.20mm.org/live.html The agenda looks really ...
Musings on the End of Print as the eTextbooks Debate Heats Up 23 Oct 2012 | 07:23 pm
We’re not even three weeks into this month and already October has seen the Digital vs. Print Textbooks debate really heat up and some heavy hitters, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, weigh i...
Open Educational Resources: How to Learn More 22 Oct 2012 | 07:12 pm
As I learn more and more about open educational resources, I have discovered that we need to learn a new language and discover new tools. One blogger, Paul Stacey, has put together a really nice guide...
