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MOOCs on mobileCoursera, a MOOC provider released a free i-phone app designed to let students access course content from their smartphones. It is extending its offers to meet the demand of the students and very hopefully to generate revenue.
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Value of a MOOC measuredThe best way to know the value of a MOOC course is by knowing it from the students. Owen Youngman, a professor at Northwestern University states that after completing a MOOC course, "students will largely have no compunction about attempting to boost their prospects by highlighting the "discipline and diligence" it took them to succeed." Students take coures not for replacing their existing credential but to add a few new ones stay ahead.
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MOOCs & MoMA: Will it revolutionize the digital learning?Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) offered a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offered via Coursera. According to Deborah Howes from the Digital Learning team, MoMA, “MOOCs connect MoMA with new audiences that might never find us any other way and provide teachers with high quality content that is essential to their professional success."
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Reformation of Chinese national college entrance examGaokao, the national college entrance exams in China has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. Now, the Chinese Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. China will also set up a multi-evaluation system and admissions to colleges will not be based solely on test performance.
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CLEP Costs are waived For military personnelThe cost of initial CLEP (college level experience program) exams written by military personnel, who are seeking to enter college, has been waived. Through an arrangement with Defense Activity for Non Traditional Education Support (DANTES), active duty, reserve and National Guard personnel have their CLEP exam costs covered.
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Ireland launches National Institute for Digital Learning“The area of digital learning is one which is exploding, literally exploding with potential at the moment,” he said Ruairí Quinn, the Minister for Education at the launch of National Institute for Digital Learning. “In truth from primary school to third level Ireland has been caught behind the curve on the digital [learning] revolution which is transforming society.”
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MOOCs on Professional Development from IETFutureLearn, a MOOC provider is to help Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK to create online courses for professional development. The courses are available from 2014.
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Would next generation Moocs tackle budget cuts of universities?As Moocs, though with lots of benefit to students, does not address the rising college costs, an online education platform, has created the next generation MOOC: a new type of online course that allows students to learn independently and earn low-cost, transferable credit.
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U.S. Senators seek to lower college costsTwo US senators are co-sponsoring legislation aimed at lowering college costs by withholding federal funds from schools that fail to meet new national affordability and quality standards.
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Impact of budget on European higher educationThe latest Education and Training Monitor published by the European Commission highlights the impact of budget cuts on European higher education. The funding available for education and training has been decreasing and budget cuts are a common phenomenon across Europe. Europe 2020 Strategy targets 40% of people aged 30-34 holding a higher education degree. Though the progress is slow, there has been steady increase towards that number.