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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
Pages: 7
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The Unwalled Garden: Growth of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, 2001-2008
Carson, Steve
Open Learning, v24 n1 p23-29 Feb 2009
This article traces the development of the OpenCourseWare movement, including the origin of the concept at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the implementation of the MIT OpenCourseWare project, and the idea's spread into the global educational community, ultimately resulting in the formation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium. The growth and maturation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is reviewed and the article considers briefly some possible directions for the future of open education.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Consortia, Educational Resources, Educational History, Contracts, Copyrights, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Courseware, Program Development, Educational Principles, Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Internet, Electronic Learning, Educational Cooperation, Access to Education, Access to Information, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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