Why (free) online courses are awesome?
The increasing cost of higher education is leading people to find more affordable alternatives, and thanks to technology and globalisation, the ways of studying and keeping ourselves up-to-date have been expanding day-by-day bringing solutions on distance learning such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Don’t spend fortunes anymore, and study from wherever you prefer
MOOCs represent an easy model to delivering learning content online to any person who wants to learn about different topics, giving the opportunity to study anywhere, at any time. Thousands of students worldwide have the chance to connect at the same course, and learn from qualified tutors with interactive methods such as video-lectures, quizzes, assessments, online forums, and more – depending on which MOOC you have chosen.
The online courses offered by MOOCs, provide you with a structure where you can expect to be as effective as face–to–face courses. Most MOOCs have start dates and end dates and are accessible only during that time, so you might have deadlines to deliver your assignments.
If you are keen to learn something new, or refresh your knowledge, check it out the top MOOCs providers in the market:
Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Classes start regularly and are available in a wide breadth of subjects and many courses offer a certificate signed by the instructor or a certificate from the sponsoring university.
Today, 3 million students in 190 countries are taking online courses on Udemy which offers more than 16,000 courses, some are free others are paid. Udemy offers MOOCs on just about every subject allowing anyone to build a course, so quality varies.
Udacity is a unique collection of MOOCs, mostly related to computers science, artificial intelligence and robotics. Learners are encouraged to progress by solving problems and completing projects.
Edx combines the power of top universities to offer interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world’s best universities. Many of the initial offerings focused on science and technology topics.
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