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Universities in France go online with MOOCsFrance Université Numérique (Fun) is the French MOOC platform which started with its first 8 French MOOCs. About 88,000 people had already signed up for the courses. The courses are taught by professors from some of the top universities in France.
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Norwegian Literature books digitized and available online for freeNational Library of Norway is digitizing Literature books published till 2000 and available online free of cost for anyone. Including the copyrighted books there are 135,000 works at present.
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Turkcell - The first MOOC platform in TurkeyTurkcell Academy has made digital learning available to the public with more than 2000 educational videos. Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- MIT's innovation training videos are available to the site's visitors with Turkish subtitles.
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5,000 free online video tutorials for schools and colleges in IndiaIndia's social networking site, Worldfloat which has 45 million users has introduced 5,000 free video course tutorials for schools and higher education. Being a first such initiative in India, now there are videos to learn basics of computers as well as advanced languages like JAVA and PHP.
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A new MOOC to develop debugging skillsThe edX MOOC "Embedded Systems - Shape the World" from The University of Texas at Austin is a course for students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The course would explain how electronic gadgets are designed, developed, and built as embedded systems and enable students to build circuits and program a microcontroller using C.
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MOOCs for professionals and entrepreneursSoundviewPro has a list of online courses for entrepreneurs and professionals which cover areas like leadership, negotiation, management, innovation and team building. It is all given for free with each course split into short video segments.
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Central Hub for-credit online classes in CanadaOntario online, an independent non-profit enterprise, aims to drive new online learning opportunities for university and college students across Canada. The courses provided by the signed colleges and universities will have credits approved by the hub.
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The Matchmaker finds the right jobCollegefeed is a year old start-up helping college students and recent graduates connect with employers looking for their particular skills. It is free for job applicants and caters to the needs such as internships or their jobs. Collegefeed mainly refines the qualities required by the employees and matches it with the skills of the applicant.
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Adaptive media increases student course completion and retention ratesAdapt Courseware, a comprehensive adaptive multimedia provider for online education has confirmed 16% increased completion rates who has adopted adaptive multimedia. This would make students perform better with better learning experience and results with increased confidence.
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UK's debt-free degree planThe U.K Labour Party is planning to help 50,000 would-be graduates every year to get debt-free degrees. Under this, an employed person could get a degree relevant to his employment with the cost paid jointly by the government and the employer.