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Open Courses For All

Open Courses For All HOW OPENCOURSEWARE IS DEMOCRATIZING THE Higher education in the US is in trouble. Tuition costs are skyrocketing and student debt is ballooning. These factors are, tragically, putting a college education out of reach for many Americans. But in the last several years, technology has COLLEGE CLASSROOM answered the call for a new, truly democratic educational model: OpenCourseWare. Free lectures and lessons from top universities mean that top-notch schooling has become available for everyone. And as free education rises, tuition at traditional schools wilI have no choice but to drop. The Cost of College MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EVER BEFORE COLLEGE TUITION COMPARED TO OTHER RISING COSTS (GROWTH SINCE 1984) 3 IN 4 AMERICANS SAY COLLEGE IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR MOST OF US TO AFFORD 500% 400% 300% 200% 100% 84 90 95 00 07 MEDICAL COLLEGE TUITION CONSUMER I PRICE MEDIAN CARE FAMILY AND FEES INCOME INDEX COLLEGE COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE 57% OF AMERICANS SAY THAT THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME SYSTEM IS NOT A GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY INCOME CATEGORY 1999-2000 2007-2008I 55% LOWEST 39% 33% 23% LOWER-MIDDLE 25% 18% MIDDLE 16% UPPER-MIDDLE 12% 9% 7% HIGHEST The New Alternative OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) WHAT IS O CW? A FREE AND OPEN, CONSISTS OF HIGH OPEN LICENSE FOR DIGITAL, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY UNIVERSITY USE, OFTEN THROUGH PUBLICATION LEVEL MATERIALS CREATIVE COMMONS THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION 2001 - MIT OPENCOURSEWARE IS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC NEARLY 60% OF VISITORS ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE US 41% N. AMERICA 2000 COURSES C. AND S. AMERICA 05% 100 MILLION 19% N. EURASIA STUDENTS TO DATE, 05% MIDDLE EAST EQUIVALENT I/3 OF THE US POPULATION 01% 08% UNDER 1% 21% SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA INDIA CHINA, SE ASIA, & AUSTRALIA OF THOSE VWHO ACCESS CONTENT ARE FROM MIT ITSELF The State of OCW THE OCW ECOSYSTEM MANY TOP SCHOOLS OFFER FREE ONLINE COURSES NOw: VE RI TAS אלררם HARVARD STANFORD YALE OXFORD UC BERKELEY MORE THAN HALF OF PROFESSORS WOULD USE OCW MATERIALS IN A SEPT 2010 SURVEY OF INSTRUCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ASKING IF PROFESSORS PAYING STUDENTS SUPPORT Ocw AT JOHNS HOPKSINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH: WOULD USE OCW MATERIALS: 4.7% 7.5% 32.1% 45.8% 9.9% 90% STRONGLY DISAGREE NEUTRAL AGREE STRONGLY AGREE DISAGREE OF STUDENTS SUPPORT THE SCHOOL MAKING CLASS MATERIALS OPEN WHILE ONLY 10% FEEL THAT OPEN DISTRIBUTION IS UNFAIR TO PAYING STUDENTS ocw IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS RIGHT NOW MANY SCHOOLS POST FREE COURSE MATERIALS BUT DON'T LIST THEM AS OCW. ON GOOGLE, USE THE 'SITE:' OPERATOR TO MINE .EDU SITES FOR ALL THE FREE CONTENT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. SITE:.EDU SITE:.EDU SITE:.EDU SITE:.EDU SITE:.EDU SITE:.EDU SYLLABUS PODCASTS LECTURES VIDEOS NOTES COURSEWARE Looking to the Future 4. MIT LAUNCHES GOOGLE, VWHICH LAUNCHED ANDROID THE CENTER WILL EXPAND CENTER FOR MOBILE APP INVENTOR TO LEARNING IN 2011, FOCUSING ON APP APP INVENTOR IN HELP LEARNERS CREATE 2009, SEEDS THE PROJECT WITH A GIFT EDUCATIONAL APPS DEVELOPMENT BY 2021, OPENCOURSEWARE HOPES TO REACH I BILLION PEOPLE. THAT GOAL IS ALREADY WELL ON ITS WAY: "A kid in Africa with a smart- phone has more information today than the President of the United States did 15 years ago." Ray Kurzweil TECHNOLOGY AUTHOR & INVENTOR CREATED BY: OnlineCollegeClasses.com HTTP://PEWSOCIALTRENDS.ORG/2011/05/15/IS-COLLEGE-WORTH-IT/ • HTTP://Www.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM/2011/ 09/06/MAJORING-IN-DEBT-COLLEGE-_N_95||29.HTML • HTTP://IMAGES.BUSINESSWEEK.COM/SS/I0/01/0121_TUIT ION_FREE_COLLEGES/II.HTM • HTTP://Www.ocwcONSORTIUM.ORG/EN/ABOUTUS/WHATISOCW • HTTP://Www. READWRITEWEB.COM/ARCHIVES/YEAREND_STATS_FROM_MIT_POINT_TO_INCREASING_POPULA.PHP • HTTP:// MINDSHIFT.KQED.ORG/2011/04/10-WAYS-OPEN-COURSEWARE-HAS-FREED-EDUCATION/ • HTTP://www.GOOD.IS/ POST/DEMOCRATIZING-EDUCATION-MIT-s-OPEN-COURSE-REVOLUTION-TURNS-I0/ • HTTP://WEB.MIT.EDU/ PRESS/2011/MIT-LAUNCHES-NEW-CENTER-FOR-MOBILE-LEARNING.HTML • HTTP://www.YOUTUBE.COM/ WATCH?V=IRLB5WSKUA8 • HTTP://Www.GOOGLE.COM/TRENDS?Q=OPENCOURSEWARE&CTAB=0&GEO=ALL&DATE= ALL&SORT=0 • HTTP://HDL.HANDLE.NET/10609/5261 • HTTP://CONFERENCE.OCWCONSORTIUM.ORG/INDEX.PHP/ 2011/CAMBRIDGE/PAPER/VIEW/I07 • HTTP://LIFEHACKER.COM/201979/TECHNOPHILIA-GET-A-FREE-COLLEGE- EDUCATION-ONLINE THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.

Open Courses For All

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In the past few years college tuition has skyrocketed. The answer to that have been to provide online free lectures and courses from top universities in the world through sites like opencourseware.com...

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