About us | The Open Academy. Our Mission: The Open Academy seeks to provide a complete resource of high quality educational material to everyone, everywhere. We want to create a virtual learning experience, and this is a concept that fascinates us. Our Vision: We are here to learn as much as we can about the world around us, and achieving this end makes us happier. We want to create a place where everyone can learn on his or her own terms and The Open Academy is our way of getting there. As the breadth, depth and quality of educational resources available on the Internet widen, the need arises for a comprehensive all-inclusive learning center outside the classroom.
We want to offer our members the flexibility to choose and guide their own learning, by making it easy for them to access a truly diverse and complete pool of academic resources. Here at The Open Academy, we have set our standards very high for achieving this goal. Our Team: We are a diverse group of students, studying in Europe and the United States. About Curriki - Open Educational Resources | Curriki. Find free to use learning and teaching content from diverse content providers and educators from around the world.
What happens when classroom teachers from every country in the world take part in a global community of sharing curriculum and best practices? Teachers are empowered to create extraordinary learning experiences for their students. Barriers to equal access to education begin to lift—geography and politics become immaterial. And the economy benefits from a highly educated population. That’s why we founded Curriki, a nonprofit K-12 global community for teachers, students, and parents to create, share, and find free learning resources that enable true personalized learning. We believe free and equal access to the best curriculum materials is possible and Curriki is leading the way. Curriki has been translated into Finnish and Japanese.
Curriki Finland Curriki Japan What We Offer Quality OER Curating best in class learning materials from around the world since 2006. Standards Aligned. Class Central • Free online courses AKA MOOC aggregator. Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses. Massive open online course. Education service on the web Poster, entitled "MOOC, every letter is negotiable", exploring the meaning of the words "massive open online course" A massive open online course (MOOC ) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web.[1] In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs), as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments.
MOOCs are a widely researched development in distance education,[2] first introduced in 2008,[3] that emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012, a year called the "Year of the MOOC".[4][5][6] History[edit] What is a MOOC? , December 2010 Precursors[edit] Early approaches[edit] cMOOCs and xMOOCs[edit] MOOCs and open-education timeline (updated 2015 version)[13][30] The End of the University as We Know It - Nathan Harden - The American Interest Magazine. Pipelines and Dragons and Bears Oh My Eyeing China, Russia Risks its European Energy Market Cutting off natural gas supplies would hurt Russia as well as Europe, but a potential deal with Beijing could give Moscow even more leverage in its standoff with the West. The End of History?
How America Forgot Geopolitics Since the end of the Cold War, many Americans have operated under the assumptions that old-fashioned geopolitics were a thing of the past. But now they are back, with a vengance. Essay Race, Democracy and the Constitution Roger Berkowitz Deciding that preferential admissions to universities on the basis of race is impermissible if not unconstitutional. Polar Shares US Unprepared For Arctic Rush A new report finds that the United States is woefully underprepared for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic.
Student Debt Bubble Middle-Aged Americans Haunted by Student Debt Americans still rank student loans as their greatest financial problem well into their forties. Energy Security Greener Pastures.