Society, Politics & Law
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
...free courses offered through iTunesU, which have been downloaded millions of times. Almost all study materials are still developed in-house, at considerable expense. Every text that students need is now available on mobile devices such as iPads. On the revenue side, the university is pursuing a freemium model, attempting to turn some content browsers into paying students....