Hats Off to Washington! Open Policy and Open Course Sharing

Great post about the Open Course library in the College Open Textbooks Blog.

"Open Course Library development will occur in two phases. The first 42 courses (phase 1) will be released at the end of October 2011. The remaining courses (phase 2) will be completed by summer 2013."

eduMOOC: Public, Private & Open - Online Learning (July 28)

https://sites.google.com/site/edumooc/edumooc-week-five-public-private-open-online-learning

Is higher education "worth it." Online public, private, profit and open learning initiatives are all impacted by the public perception that higher education is over-priced and less relevant than it should be to today's job markets. What role does online learning play in this continuum of opportunities to learn? Can online learning save higher education from bursting the bubble? Ray Schroeder will lead a panel from diverse institutions in discussing the new realities in higher education.

Live presentation

On Thursday, July 28, at 2:00 pm Eastern, 1:00 pm Central, noon Mountain; 11:00 am Pacific time in the U.S. - 7:00 pm London time