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A New Video Competition Invites You to Tell the World Why Open Education Matters

The 'Why Open Education Matters' video competition hopes to raise awareness of the way OER is transforming teaching and learning.

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The Tricky Calculus of Setting a Price for MIT's Online Courses

Administrators have announced that students in the first class will receive their certificates of completion for free.

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A Nonprofit Publisher Puts Another Nail in the $200 Textbook Coffin

OpenStax believes its free books can save students millions.

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With Udacity, Former Stanford Professor Goes All-In on Online Learning

With Udacity, Sebastian Thrun wants to unleash the "true power of education."

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Will Apple's iBooks Experiment Lower the Price of College Textbooks?

If Apple becomes the iTunes of the digital textbook world, will college students be able to save some cash?

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Why SOPA Could Kill the Open Education Resource Movement

If SOPA passes, global knowledge sharing could come to a grinding halt.

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Why Digital Textbooks Don't Always Save College Students Cash

A two-year study reveals that going digital doesn't always save students money.

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Could a Crowdsourced Language Program Translate the Web?

Yes, you can translate a language you don't know.

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MIT Launches Free Interactive Online Learning Platform

MITx will allow anyone in the world to take MIT classes online and earn certificates of completion.

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California Effort Wants to Make College Textbooks Free

Could this be the end of $200 textbooks in the Golden State?