...JUST AFTER A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON OPEN EDUCATION TO CONGRESS... |
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![](/images/spacer.gif) | In his speech, the President argued that xMOOCs should not be the model for the future of open education. | ![](/images/spacer.gif) |
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![](/images/spacer.gif) | I wonder what a xMOOC is. | ![](/images/spacer.gif) |
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![](/images/spacer.gif) | MOOCs are massively open online courses. xMOOCs are the most common type and tend to be university based (like edX) or for-profit based (like Coursera). They tend to present learning materials in video format with computer graded assessments. | ![](/images/spacer.gif) |
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...BACK AT THE NEWS ROOM SKIP HOLDER ASKS OUR INTREPID REPORTER A QUESTION ABOUT OPEN EDUCATION... |
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![](/images/spacer.gif) | What does the President mean by "open" Ken? | ![](/images/spacer.gif) |
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