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http://blog.coursera.org/post/49930827107/collaborating-with-publishers-to-bring-courserians-more 

From MOOC provider Coursera, comes this news - Any reactions?

Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re taking the next big step toward that mission by working with many of the top higher education publishers. This collaboration will expand…

The "Academia and the MOOC" course that I am facilitating on the Canvas Network started this week. It is a 4 week course but very open-ended and you can still register and easily work through the content since the discussion if the key element.

It is not a "massive" MOOC (there will be less than 1000 participants) and it isn't a "course" (in that it has no assignments or grades) but is it gathering people in academia around the topics of how MOOCs are impacting education and might do…

I will be teaching  "MOOCs and Academia" for Canvas Network https://www.canvas.net/ in mid-April. It is less a "course" and more of a forum with some content provided as background and discussion organized by roles such as teacher, designer, tech support, college administrator etc.  The purpose is to get people in different roles in education (including students) thinking about how MOOCs will impact their institutions in positive and negative ways.  It…

Students Get Savvier About Textbook Buying, When They Buy at All

By Marc Parry

The Chronicle talked with students at Foothill CC and found that having more choices…

Reading a post at http://cain.blogspot.com/2012/11/writing-commons-community-based-oer.html

that may be of interest to the group.

It starts out:

I read a great posting at Writing Commons this morning entitled "…