MOOCs: New Pilots and Partners For edX and Coursera
On the MOOC Beat…
edX
IMF and edX Partner on Economics and Finance Classes
The collaboration will extend the reach of the IMF’s training courses in macroeconomics and finance to governments and the public through the edX platform.
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Pilots of the first two online courses—Financial Programming and Policies and Debt Sustainability Analysis—will be rolled out to small groups of government officials in the coming months, with plans to open access to the general public during 2014. Through edX, the IMF will be able to provide interactive education free of charge wherever there is internet access.
Coursera
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University Join Coursera
As of today, the Technion and TAU will develop an initial offering of four courses, which span the subjects of engineering, archaeology, biology and cultural studies.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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