[Lilux-info] European MOOCs

Partners in 11 countries have joined forces to launch OpenupEd.eu, the first pan-European MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative, with the support of the European Commission. Around 40 courses, covering a wide variety of subjects, will be available free of charge and in 12 different languages in the portal *www.OpenupEd.eu<http://www.openuped.eu/> *, officially launched on 25 April 2013. The initiative is led by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU<http://www.eadtu.eu/>) and mostly involves open universities based in France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, UK, Russia, Turkey and Israel. More info at http://elearningeuropa.info/en/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-fir… For Free as Linux ;-) -- Marco Rodrigues http://www.marblehole.com