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Audrey Watters summarizes, "Facebook has launched Open Academy, a partnership with 22 universities that will set up a special class where students can get college credit for contributing to open source projects." TechCrunch reasons, "A perfect GPA isn't cool. You know what's cool? Advancing an open source project." So what is the source of this brand new innovation in learning? You guessed it. "After a successful pilot at Stanford last year, Open Academy is expanding to a total of 22." Sigh.

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