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		<title>overwhelmed by free resources</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi ideasandinnovations,&nbsp;&nb]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi ideasandinnovations,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I know that someone mentioned the personal MBA the other day, but did you know that MIT has a lot of free educational resources online through their Open Courseware project?
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwW]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
increasing numbers of academic]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
increasing numbers of academic institutions are putting language learning&nbsp; resources on the web which are open to everyone
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Stephanie,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Stephanie,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry, I wasn`t clear--- I knew that chinesepod was charging for their premium services, but I put up the link as a good example of a business site giving away a high-quality version of what many many oth]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Raymond,
I checked out Chine]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Raymond,
I checked out ChinesePod.com, and they do charge for their premium services (grammar bank, lesson transcripts and exercises).&nbsp; In fact, they charge $30 (USD) per month for premium services.&nbsp; So, they put out the hook with t]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hey Chuck, &nbsp; before I start]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hey Chuck, &nbsp; before I started my research to find out what was available in the&nbsp; marketplace, I assumed that most of the freebies would be low quality, but that`s not really what I`m finding.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; More and more p]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hey Raymond - I suppose my quest]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/overwhelmed-by-free-resources.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hey Raymond - I suppose my question, particular to this industry, would be to ask what`s the quality level of those free resources?&nbsp; Do they really line up with services that, historically, have required payment?&nbsp; Or are they just the teaser to g[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi everyone,&nbsp;&nbsp; I`m in ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/overwhelmed-by-free-resources.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,&nbsp;&nbsp; I`m in the foreign language learning business-- both as a learner and as a teacher, so it`s not hard for me to switch between `customer` and `business owner` hats.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here`s the thing, though:&nbsp; I`ve be]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 7:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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