How opennnes in education can change the world: Varun Arora at TEDxCMU

Varun Arora is the founder and CEO of OpenCurriculum, a California-based technology nonprofit aimed at bringing openness and innovation to K-12 education around the world. A fanatic about open education, Varun received a Bachelors and Masters in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon, with a strong focus on technologies for international development. Varun was named a ITU Young Innovator by the United Nations for OpenCurriculum's work in improving access to better K-12 educational content.

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