MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10: What's Next for Open Education?

As a student who will have time over the summer for such things I would really like to see credible online degrees in the area. Not even for something to put on a CV but something that shows that you are familiar with the content on some level. I would think that 2nd level students could really benefit from it as well as a qualification before they enter college courses.

There are Bachelor of Arts/Sciences (3-year General) that can be earned completely online (I'm sure you've heard of Open University in the UK but there's also University of Waterloo in Canada - http://de.uwaterloo.ca/undergraduate.html). For UW, I know they offer certificates too (you just need to complete X number of specific courses but definitely less than what you need in a 3 or 4 year degree).

Unfortunately though, they do charge tuition.

People need to understand OCW and Khan Academy serve two very different purposes. OCW was made to make the awesome materials generated by MIT profs to the general public, while Khan Academy was made specifically for the purpose of giving personalised learning. In my view both of them are noble causes and non of them should be abandoned, you can teach very less material in 10 mins after you cross the K 12 level. For covering one lesson in at the undergraduate level you definitely need at least half an hour.

Their first intent when creating OCW was actually for professors to connect:

"We set out to create a resource other faculty could draw on to improve their classes..."

It seems independent learners were an after-thought. There is immense amount of free educational content out there right now. The next step from here may be challenging. All of the what is available is great for independent learning. But the tools for engaging and collaborating with other students or professors is lacking.

We need something to connect teachers, students, independent learners together with the library of free material. Provide simple tools for collaboration inside documents like notes, bookmarks, etc. Add more extensive tools for authoring documents together.

The Khan Academy is great. But imagine giving the professor the ability to weave those videos and exercises into a textbook built from a library of other creative commons books. That would be exciting stuff.

I know this may sound as if I'm just trying to make a dirty joke, but I am being sincere. To me, the domain reads, "pee 2 poo dot org" Yes it's a short domain, but is it a good branding choice?

I see you work at Twilio, so if you aren't involved with P2PU, that's cool.