{"id":95343,"date":"2025-05-05T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95343"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:53:27","slug":"mooc-style-skills-training-fain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/05\/05\/mooc-style-skills-training-fain\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOC-Style Skills Training [Fain]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-job.beehiiv.com\/p\/mooc-style-skills-training?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MOOC-Style Skills Training<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from the-job.beehiiv.com by Paul Fain<br \/>\n<em>WGU and tech companies use Open edX for flexible online learning. Could community colleges be next?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Open Source for Affordable Online Reach<\/strong><br \/>\nThe online titan Western Governors University is experimenting with an open-source learning platform. So are Verizon and the Indian government. And the platform\u2019s leaders want to help community colleges take the plunge on competency-based education.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe Open edX platform inherently supports self-paced learning and offers several features that make it a\u00a0<strong>good fit for competency-based education and skills-forward learning<\/strong>, says Stephanie Khurana, Axim\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cFlexible modalities and a focus on competence instead of time spent learning improves access and affordability for learners who balance work and life responsibilities alongside their education,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cPlus, being open source means institutions and organizations can collaborate to build and share CBE-specific tools and features,\u201d she says, \u201cwhich could lower costs and speed up innovation across the field.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Axim thinks Open edX\u2019s ability to scale affordably can\u00a0support community colleges in reaching working learners across an underserved market.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOOC-Style Skills Training &#8212; from the-job.beehiiv.com by Paul Fain WGU and tech companies use Open edX for flexible online learning. Could community colleges be next? Open Source for Affordable Online Reach The online titan Western Governors University is experimenting with an open-source learning platform. So are Verizon and the Indian government. 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