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A free MOOC course on Social AnthropologyAn Australian University is launching a MOOC "World101x: Anthropology of Current World Issues" on edX, an online MOOC provider. The course aims to challenge people to reflect on topics such as migration, what it means to be Indigenous and how we engage with difference and sameness on a daily basis.
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Online education creates a balanced and better learning experience for working adultsTechnology plays an important role for individuals seeking alternative learning environments to continue their educations or grow their careers. According to a survey conducted by a U.S. university 87 percent of working adults say there are benefits to online learning. So it is no surprise that universities are adjusting their online classroom offerings to cater to the technology working adults are currently using.
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"The Global Student's Introduction to U.S. Law"A U.S. law college in Florida has created a MOOC, an introductory class on U.S. law, and hosted it in Coursera. It is open to all learners from around the world. It is targeted at the undergraduate students interested in law and the legal system.
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Marriage in Movies: A History - a Coursera courseA MOOC on "Marriage in the Movies: A History" was launched this month on April 21st on Coursera, an online learning platform. The MOOCs would explore on how Hollywood had difficulties in telling and selling the story of marriage on film. The course is based on the book "I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies".
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A Series of MOOC on Enterprise ComputingTwo IT-savvy colleges, a non-profit consortium and an IT industry leader, are collaborating to present a MOOC series on mainframe-computing operations. It is designed for anyone in the world and is being taught by experts in industry and academia.
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A MOOC course on Bioethics"Introduction to Bioethics" is an interdisciplinary MOOC course on edX that brings together many disciplines, including philosophy, law, medicine and environmental science. It would be a six-week course that tackles many of the issues people deal with on an everyday basis.
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A MOOC course targeting students in non-English-speaking countries"Shaping the Way We Teach English" is a MOOC offered by UO's American English Institute to help teachers and students in non-English-speaking countries. More than 6,000 people from around the world have signed up for this course offered through Coursera.
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Study reveals Creativity as a key to EmployabilityAccording to Adobe's study in Asia Pacific's workforce of the 21st Century, there is a "strong correlation between employability and creativity". About 62% of the educators strongly agree that the use of creative tools enhances the student's understanding and 64% agreed that creative expression is a must for the students regardless of any courses they take.
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SAP launches a free MOOC to promote HANASAP in an effort to plant seeds of interest in HANA, its in-memory database platform, launched a free MOOC course that would explain the ins and outs of running SAP's Business Suite on HANA. It is a four week course taught in English which requires between two and four hours of participation per week.
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EDUCAUSE's first foray into the MOOC spaceEDUCAUSE, a non-profit association of IT leaders in association with a U.S. university is launching its first MOOC "BlendKit2014 - Becoming a Blended Learning Designer", on the merits and methods of blended learning through Instructure's Canvas Network. The course would address key issues related to blended learning and provide a step-by-step guidance in producing materials for a blended learning course.