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Gil-Jaurena, Inés

This issue of Open Praxis compiles selected papers presented at the Open Education Consortium Global Conference, held in Cape Town (South Africa) on March 8-10, 2017. Additionaly, the Innovative Practice section ...

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Thakran, Archana; Sharma, Ramesh C.

Over the past two decades, the education sector in India has undergone a substantial transformation. Recent advances in technology have provided access to high quality educational resources and information on the ...

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Cummings-Clay, Denise

The purpose of this research study, which employed a quantitative research design, was to determine if there was a difference in the grades achieved by students who were enrolled in an entry-level Foundations of ...

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Campaign for the Future of Higher Education

With so much national focus on the “promises” of online higher education to expand access and to reduce costs, one truth about online higher education rarely mentioned is that it is big—Very Big—business. ...

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European Education, Training and Youth Forum

Key messages from the Forum 1 Summary of the sessions, panels and workshops 1.1 Opening session 1.2 Innovative ideas for education, training and youth 1.2.1 TED-like talks 1.2.2 Clare Ryan, TED-like talk on ...

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Haggard, Stephen; The Centre for Distance Education (CDE); The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE)

Executive Summary This survey of MOOC and ODL literature aims to capture the state of knowledge and opinion about MOOCs and ODL, how they are evolving, and to identify issues that are important, whether consensual or ...

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Kanwar, Asha

My topic today is ‘Emerging Developments in ICT Based Learning: the implications for higher education’. I will first look at three emerging developments, namely the phenomenal rise of online learning; the OER ...

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Kjeldstad, Berit; Alvestrand, Harald; Elvestad, Endre Olsvik; Ingebretsen, Trond; et al.

The report is divided into the following chapters: Chap. 1: Introduction Chap. 2: The Commission’s definition of MOOCs Chap. 3: The Commission’s recommendations Chap. 4: MOOCs in a social perspective Chap. 5: ...

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Comea, Jean D.; Cheng, Tung Lai

The result of the digital “Tsunami” changes in education in the 21st has been huge. Recall that in the year 2000 there was no such thing as internet broadband, Facebook or iTunes which is now a daily commodity. No ...

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International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

A press release relating the results from discussions at the ICDE - UNESCO Policy Forum in Bali, November 2014.