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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas [es], with the support of Google [es], will be offering a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Spanish for journalists and student interested in learning about creating new online projects and generating audiences and revenue.

By Denmark Luceriaga. Companies arise to compete with universities for education. A recent surge of interest in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is sparking a revolution in higher education. Often regarded as the next great technological disruption in education, supporters of MOOCs have been lauding its potential to widen productivity in higher learning while relieving cost pressures. 
MOOCs are mostly free, and are open to everybody. Taught by an instructor -- usually a college professor, they are very similar to courses here at UMBC. Lectures, tests, and class assignments are given, but the main difference is that the lessons are on video. Work is done and submitted online, and all discussion of class topics takes place on online discussion boards, very similar to features that Blackboard offers. 
The original MOOC was launched in 2008: a course called “Connectivism and Connective Knowledge” that was taken free-of-charge by 2,300 members of the general public along with 25 tuition-paying students at the University of Manitoba. After seeing the potential in its concept, several Internet startups generated a business model for the low-cost online education market. More...

By edX. Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan announced today the creation of Edraak, an education initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development (QRF). Edraak, a partnership with non-profit online learning initiative edX, will be a MOOC portal for the Arab world and will bring quality education to millions of Arabic-speaking students around the globe.  Her Majesty Queen Rania witnessed the historic signing of the agreement by QRF CEO Haifa Dia Al-Attia and edX president Anant Agarwal at edX's Cambridge offices. 
"Using edX's technology and tapping the best talent from our region and the Arab diaspora, we're proud that we will be launching a MOOC platform for the Arab world," said Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah. "Engaging, fresh, relevant – and, most importantly, in Arabic – MOOCs on Edraak will open up a world of possibility for intellectually hungry Arab youth." Read more...

Have you considered running a Massive Open Online Course or as it’s commonly called, a MOOC? I’ve been involved in MOOCs since 2007.  I started with Muvenation, an 18-month MOOC for educators on how to create courses in Second Life. I then went on to join George Siemens and Stephen Downes for the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge or CCK08, the first official MOOC in the world. 
I started organizing my own MOOCs in 2013 with the first Moodle MOOC in the world in June 2013 on WizIQ and the second one in October 2013. I also helped facilitate the first ELT Vocabulary MOOC led by Jason R. Levine with Sylvia Guinan on WizIQ.  MOOCs are now organized by universities worldwide. The platforms may vary, but MOOCs are open to anyone who wants to learn for free. More...

Cher(s) Partenaire(s),  
Nous vous envoyons ce mail pour vous annoncer la fin de l’AFIJ.
En effet, faute de soutien de la part de l’Etat pour les années à venir, l’AFIJ, Association pour Faciliter l’Insertion professionnelle des Jeunes, créée il y a presque 20 ans, se voit obligé de mettre un terme à ses activités.
Tous les relais AFIJ de France, dont celui de Marseille, seront fermés d'ici fin novembre 2013.
Nous ne manquerons pas sur ces derniers jours de diffuser  la communication de vos différents évènements et de vos actions.
Nous avons été très heureuses  de collaborer avec vous, de partager vos  valeurs d’insertion professionnelle, et espérons travailler avec vous sur de nouveaux projets.
Merci infiniment à ceux  qui nous ont soutenus.
Bonne continuation à tous.
Bien à vous.