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Why no MOOCs on Gaza?
My search for MOOCs on Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Gaza came up with...nothing. Zip. Why?
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A MOOC on Globalizing Higher Education and Research
We’ve just done our first massive open online course (MOOC)! Not as a participant – we might add – but imagining, making and delivering it over a seven week period this spring to some 18,400 participants.
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Universities 2030
A comparative-historical look at universities’ responses to global change can help today’s higher-education leaders prepare for the future.
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Toward Harmonization of Higher Education in Southeast Asia
An up-to-date and insightful summary of the state of the Southeast Asian higher education region-building project.
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No MOOCs for Iran or Syria?
Yesterday’s news that Coursera and Udacity need to follow US sanction rules is a reminder that the forces shaping the evolving global geographies of MOOCs is an issue that needs to be grappled with more thoroughly and systematically.
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Mapping Coursera's Global Footprint
Mapping and reflecting upon Coursera's 3+ million students (out of 5+ million) students and its expanding partnership base.
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Briefly Noted
Who is troubled by this week's Sebastian Thrun hagiography in Fast Company, as well as this announcement ('Launching our Data Science & Big Data Track built with Leading Industry Partners')?