MOOC

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, allow people to take classes from some of the world's top universities and institutions at no charge. Because the courses are delivered over the web, they offer access to learning opportunities for anyone with an internet connection.

What happens when a non-coder tries to learn Linux

I wanted to learn Linux, so here's my account of what I did to achieve that goal. To give you some idea of what it means to me to learn more about Linux: When I was at OSCON…

Open source communities start to buzz about edX

Open source software is hugely important to us here at edX, since it's what we do all day, every day. Two weeks ago, the O'Reilly company hosted their annual OSCON convention…

Introduction to Linux course now free, open to all

Almost 25 years ago a young engineer started an operating system project "just for fun" to run on his own hardware. He opened it up to the world, and through a combination of…

The disruptive business model for higher education is open source

How do you make money from something that is free? Borrow some moves from the commercial open source playbook. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are disrupting the higher…

Freer than free, opener than open: The fight for the learning management systems

Coursefork: a new way to collaborate on open education

What if teachers could fork educational materials just like software developers fork code? Imagine if educators far and wide could collaborate on curriculums beyond their…

Higher, open education for India

India is the second biggest market for MOOCs (massive open online courses) in the world, following the US. In time, however, India may surpass the US. After all, India's…

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