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190 Universities Launch 600 Free Online Courses
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: If you haven't heard, universities around the world are offering their courses online for free (or at least partially free). These courses are collectively called MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. In the past six years or so, over 800 universities have created more than 10,000 of these MOOCs. And I've been keeping track of these MOOCs the entire time over at Class Central, ever since they rose to prominence.
In the past four months alone, 190 universities have announced 600 such free online courses. I've compiled a list of them and categorized them according to the following subjects: Computer Science, Mathematics, Programming, Data Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education & Teaching, Health & Medicine, Business, Personal Development, Engineering, Art & Design, and finally Science. The full list is available in the report. If you need help signing up, there's a report for that too.
In the past four months alone, 190 universities have announced 600 such free online courses. I've compiled a list of them and categorized them according to the following subjects: Computer Science, Mathematics, Programming, Data Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education & Teaching, Health & Medicine, Business, Personal Development, Engineering, Art & Design, and finally Science. The full list is available in the report. If you need help signing up, there's a report for that too.
What is the value of the certificate they provide at the end? Does it hold any weight?
I'm enormously thankful for the expansion of the MOOCs. I've completed 12 to date this year and am currently enrolled in 7. I've already tagged interest in 6 more. I'm auditing only and all have been free of cost. They are generally extremely polished and equal to in-room courses currently taught in universities. Princeton, Harvard, Penn Law, Illinois Law, U Cal Davis Law have all contributed to extending my knowledge. Professors I've only read about have taken their time to teach online. If these had been available before I started college I could have made better choices in my curriculum. When Professor Charles Fried or Professor Erwin Chemerinsky sign up for these classes, I'm greatly appreciative. Hats off and a deep bow.