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7 Things You Should Know About MOOCs

7 Things You Should Know About MOOCs

Open Courses for Free | Open Learning Initiative At Harvard Extension School, free and open learning is hardly a new concept. In fact, the Extension School was founded with this mission in mind: to create an affordable way for any motivated student to take courses at Harvard. We stay true to this mission today, offering several free courses and nearly 800 for-credit courses at reasonable tuition rates. Explore our series of free or low-cost courses below. Video accessibility. Abstract Algebra In these free videotaped lectures, Professor Gross presents an array of algebraic concepts. The Ancient Greek Hero A long-time offering at Harvard College and Harvard Extension School, Gregory Nagy's popular exploration of the hero motif in classic literature is offered as a course for credit at Harvard Extension School, as a course on edX, and as a series of free video lectures. American Poetry from the Mayflower through Emerson Discover how the United States developed its own national literature with Elisa New, Powell M. Bits China Terms of Use

Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide eBook: $26.99 Formats: $22.94 save 15%! Print + free eBook + free PacktLib access to the book: $71.98 Print cover: $44.99 $44.99 save 37%! Free Shipping! UK, US, Europe and selected countries in Asia. Overview Table of Contents Author Support Sample Chapters Move your existing course notes, worksheets, and resources into Moodle quicklyNo need to start from scratch! Bonus Chapter Book Details Language : EnglishPaperback : 368 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]Release Date : November 2011ISBN : 1849514828ISBN 13 : 9781849514828Author(s) : Ian WildTopics and Technologies : All Books, Other, Beginner's Guides, Moodle, Open Source Ian Wild A physicist by profession, Ian’s career has always focused primarily on communication and learning. Sorry, we don't have any reviews for this title yet. Code Downloads Download the code and support files for this book. Submit Errata Please let us know if you have found any errors not listed on this list by completing our errata submission form. Errata Frequently bought together

Education startup Coursera partners with 12 new universities, raises $3.7M and hits 1.5M students As we wrote back in April, there’s no doubt that the Internet is revolutionizing education, as more and more companies continue to emerge and alter the way we learn. We’ve kept a close eye on edX, Khan Academy, Academic Earth, P2PU, Skillshare and Codecademy, and rounding out that list is Coursera, one of the youngest of the bunch, which recently raised $16 million to launch with 37 undergraduate and graduate-level courses. Now, since starting off with the likes of Princeton and Stanford, Coursera is announcing 12 new university partnerships, $3.7M in equity investments from Caltech, Penn and existing investors, and a total of 1.5M student users from 190 different countries. Update: Coursea has clarified that 1.5M refers to the number of course enrollments, and that there are currently around 680,000 registered students. As far as funding goes, this additional $3.7M brings Coursera’s total funding to “over $22 million.” ➤ Coursera

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