Unlocking the Gates : How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses /

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Over the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials--including syllabi, assignments, and lectures--to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Taylor
Corporate Author: Ithaka S + R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
University extension.
Internet in education.
Education, Higher > Effect of technological innovations on.
EDUCATION > Distance & Online Education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Enseignement superieur > Effets des innovations sur > États-Unis.
Enseignement para-universitaire > États-Unis.
Internet en education > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > Effect of technological innovations on > United States.
University extension > United States.
Internet in education > United States.
Private universities and colleges > United States > Data processing.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Over the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials--including syllabi, assignments, and lectures--to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audio and video recordings of a careful selection of popular lectures, MIT supplies digital materials for nearly all of its courses, Carnegie Mellon boasts a purpose-built interactive learning environment, and some of the most selective universities in India have created a vast body of online content in orde.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400838578

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