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The Changing Face of Education requires Dynamic Leadership
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Students are opting out of purchasing textbooks because of cost — how OERs fit in

Students are opting out of purchasing textbooks because of cost — how OERs fit in | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it

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Launching an OER Initiative at Your Institution

Join us for this webinar to hear from leaders at colleges who have been actively promoting the development of OER on their campuses for one to two years
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1100 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

1100 Free Online Courses from Top Universities | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
Download 1,100 free courses from Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley and other great universities to your computer or mobile device. Over 30,000 hours of free audio & video lectures.
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E-Curriculum... Exploring 24 Free Open Education Resources (OER)... The Digital Curriculum Part 2

E-Curriculum... Exploring 24 Free Open Education Resources (OER)... The Digital Curriculum Part 2 | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
Everyone is talking about a digital curriculum free of  those hard copy textbooks that have been a part of schooling since the advent of the one room schoolhouse. In this series I will investigate ...
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Use of Open Source Education in Reducing Teacher Absence in Rural India

Use of Open Source Education in Reducing Teacher Absence in Rural India | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
According to a study, it is found that 25 percent of public school teachers in rural India, remain absent from their workplace. One of the culprits responsible for this serious situation is the content taught to the students.
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Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses

Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
The universities announced a new nonprofit partnership, known as edX, that will offer vast new learning opportunities for students around the world.
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Student and Faculty Perceptions of OpenStax in High Enrollment Courses | Watson | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Student and Faculty Perceptions of OpenStax in High Enrollment Courses | Watson | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
Student and Faculty Perceptions of OpenStax in High Enrollment Courses
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Ecologies of open: Inclusion, intersections, and interstices in education CALL FOR PAPERS

Ecologies of open: Inclusion, intersections, and interstices in education CALL FOR PAPERS | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
Image credit:I've used two sources for the above collated image. The image of the head was sourced from https://pixabay.com/en/art-sculpture-scrap-sculpture-human-1699977/ while the image of the network was sourced from https://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egoi_network.png  Call for Proposals We are excited to invite you to submit a proposal for a chapter in our edited book, Ecologies of open: Inclusion, intersections, and…
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25 Awesome Open Online Educational Resources – Videos, Ideas, Materials, Books and More - TechnoDuet

25 Awesome Open Online Educational Resources – Videos, Ideas, Materials, Books and More - TechnoDuet | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
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Algunas herramientas para educadores

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Free Online Content Forces Publishers to Adjust

Free Online Content Forces Publishers to Adjust | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
The growing use of open educational resources is leading publishers to blend free materials into their products and services.
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Australia's University of Southern Queensland launches the first OERu prototype - WikiEducator

Australia's University of Southern Queensland launches the first OERu prototype - WikiEducator | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it

Sounds like it has more potential than the popular MOOC to help students in developing countries.

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Exploring open access in higher education: live chat best bits

Exploring open access in higher education: live chat best bits | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
What is the benefit of open access to academia? Who will pay for open education resources?

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