Virginia Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I was wondering if anyone has attempted any MOOC classes? I was listening to NPR and they were talking about the online classes and I thought it sounded fascinating. I love the idea of online free courses even if I wont get real credits for them. For those of you have tried them, what was your experience like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleonora Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Do you mean online courses and learning, Virginia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) I've taken a half dozen coursera.org courses and enjoyed them all. Arnold Weinstein of Brown University offered a course on literature that was a hundred times better than any literature course I experienced in college. They have been replaying some courses, so it may be available again. You can watch the lectures only, or participate in quizzes and peer reviewed essays, and the discussion boards are really interesting with posters from around the world. And it's free! . Edited April 29, 2014 by ethan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleonora Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) So.. I got it right We've already discussed this topic.. you can find it in General Chat, Online courses (I believe). Edit: link found http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/11727-online-study-learning/ Edited April 29, 2014 by Eleonora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Thanks Eleonora! I took a look and found some really good reviews. I do wonder how I can find the different universities. I kept coming up with sayor. Id like to find some classes hosted by Oxford, Cambridge, Brown. Maybe I'm just not searching correctly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I've done several courses on Coursera as well - great fun and really educational. Highly recommend it, and it's constantly expanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleW Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I've done some free online courses. What is that MOOC or NPR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 MOOC is free only university courses hosted by different colleges. NPR is the National Public Radio in the USA. They have many subsidiary stations in several countries, like IPR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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