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The article discusses the trend towards open courseware. The launch of open courseware movement has allowed many universities to make their teaching materials available online at little or no cost to students. However, many traditional universities are still refusing to award academic credit to stud...

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Publicado en:Times Higher Education no. 2038; pp. 32 - 38
Autor principal: Marcus, Jon
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: TSL Education Limited 2/23/2012
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Sumario:The article discusses the trend towards open courseware. The launch of open courseware movement has allowed many universities to make their teaching materials available online at little or no cost to students. However, many traditional universities are still refusing to award academic credit to students who complete open courseware. Some of key players in the open courseware market are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Saylor.org and Peer 2 Peer University.