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Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia and Wikia.

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The Open Education Revolution

Jimmy Wales and Richard Baraniuk Series: The World in Words

2008-01-22

High book prices, language barriers, and obsolete knowledge impede education today. So the world of tomorrow, argue the founders of Wikipedia and Connexions, should be defined by "open education," in which people everywhere can write, assemble, customize, and publish their own courses and textbooks.... read

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The Open Education Revolution

Jimmy Wales and Richard Baraniuk Series: The World in Words

2008-01-22

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