The Next Level of Open Source
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| In 2001, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology started placing
| materials for its courses online -- and making them available for anyone
| to use, at no cost. OpenCourseWare, which currently contains materials
| for 1,400 courses, has been a huge success, and thousands of people use the
| MIT materials each day.
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One commenter realtes this to some relevant context:
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| Open Source
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| If open sourcing becomes prevelant, what are the implications for
| traditional universities? If a student can obtain the entire course over
| the internet, what would the rational be to attend the class and pay
| the tuition? Would this lead to course development financed and
| therefore influenced by various corporate sponsors? In short, does
| this approach which seems so egalitarian and progressive, also have
| elements that might limit academic independence?
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http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/20/yale
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