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[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

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Colleagues/

Very Timely !!!

I just submitted an invited Think Piece on Open Resources and MOOCs to an major _Library Journal_ [:-)] and finalizing another invited submission for  a British library news magazine that's due by the end of this week [Ugh !][:-)]

Next Step : A  Review Article ...

Note: Suggested Open Access journals are Most Welcome !

Next Next Step > Presentations / Workshops > Will Have PPT(s) and Will Travel  ...

Next Next Next Step > A Book ...

Note: I have enough content for an Encyclopedia [:-)]

Note: Suggested Editors / Publishers Welcome !

/Gerry

Hardly a day goes by without a story appearing in a major new outlet about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). While most of the headlines—including this one—reference MOOCs, the real issues are quite broad in scope, covering everything from whether higher education as we know it is on the verge of combusting, to big, bold experiments using technology to deliver education in transformative ways on a global scale. While the exact discussions seem to change on a constant basis, some of the current hot topics include proposed legislation in California, the swirl of possibilities around business models for so-called xMOOCs, and increased demand for production and availability of open textbooks

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Open Textbooks and OERs

One of the challenges of MOOCs is providing access to reading materials—books, articles, reports that all students are able to access without limitations based on local libraries or requiring students to pay for expensive textbooks. While open access (OA) articles and books solve some needs, several organizations are trying to address this issue with a different approach: by producing free textbooks and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in more systematic ways.

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Source and Full Text Available At

[ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-wild-west-of-moocs-information.html ]

Related

OATS: Open Access Textbooks

[ http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ]

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library

http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/


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