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Biblio Tech - The bookless public libraryBiblio Tech in San Antonio, Texas is the only bookless public library in the US. This $2.3 million digital library looks like an Apple store with rows of iMacs and ipads. Visitors can use the iMacs for reading in the library, and check out e-readers loaded with upto five books.
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iLabs - Virtual Science labs for online learningA Stanford University Professor of electrical engineering has developed a method for digitizing physical experiments and making it available to students through the internet. These virtual labs or iLabs could bring advanced laboratories to online students.
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An innovative way of teaching statisticsBritish Psychological Society has funded short films that aim to teach statistical concepts through dance. This approach has been explored by Lucy Irving (Middlesex University) and Andy Field (University of Sussex). The film explains concepts on Correlation, Frequency Distributions, Sampling and Standard Error, and Variance.
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Online course to train Medical staffPiramal Life Sciences, India is offering an online course on clinical research, called Quantitative Methods in Clinical and Public Health Research through EdX, an online course platform which has teamed up with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in July 2013. It is the first-of-its-kind initiative in India.
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An innovative and affordable online Business EducationCrownbiz.com has been launched in partnership between Crown and Venture Academy. It is designed to educate and serve business people in the world. It covers Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Sales and Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Technology, Operations, Service Management, Human Resources, Business Communications, Legal, and a very detailed Venture Analysis to score existing or planned business ventures. More than 32 hours of instructional online video can be accessed at $150.
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Need to make Indian graduates employableA study reveals that half the students graduating from Indian colleges are unemployable. Lack of knowledge of English, poor computer skills and dearth of concept-based learning are major deterrents. Almost 70 million Indians are either unemployed or under-employed.
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Chalk Academy - Korea's Khan AcademyA group of Korean college students are trying to provide free online education through Chalk Academy. Modeled after the Khan Academy, the service consists of mini lectures and aims to improve education in Korea.
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A MOOCs Helpline - For StudentsMOOCsmentor.com (http://moocsmentor.com/), an established mentoring services has released MOOCshelpline.com (http://moocshelpline.com/) to assist students of MOOC courses. One on one guidance is available and support round the clock is guaranteed. Students of all major MOOC providers are given assistance.
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Illinois Community College offers oline adult education classesOakton Community College, IL, US offers through its Alliance for Lifelong Learning, online adult education courses starting in January 2014. These cover a number of career-oriented areas such as project management, writing, coding, web designing and game development.
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Online Master's Degree in Computer ScienceGeorgia Institute of Technology's new, super cheap online master's degree in computer science could radically change American Higher Education. It is offering via a series of MOOCs for $6,600. The traditional on-campus degree costs $45,000 in tuition alone.