DailyDirt: The Coming Education Revolution
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Providing digitally-distributed educations isn't as scalable as it might seem. Some topics, like math, might be a bit easier to teach with YouTube-esque videos, but some subjects may need a bit more of a human touch. Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are still in the development phase, so they may one day overtake traditional classes (but not right now..). Here are a few online courses to keep an eye on to see if they rate better than "needs improvement" someday.- MIT is starting to offer a big data class online with a MOOC aimed at working professionals (that'll be $495 for four weeks of classes, please). MIT has provided free online course materials for years, but this course is part of the first set of Online X classes. [url]
- Minerva is a "startup" university that aims to offer a quality education for less than $20,000 per year. Minerva aspires to have admission standards that are "higher than current Ivy League levels" and focuses on teaching skills rather than traditional academic subjects. [url]
- Udacity's Sebastian Thrun knows that developing a MOOC ain't easy, admitting "We have a lousy product." Experiments with online classes apparently are teaching some folks what doesn't work when it comes to teaching. [url]
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Filed Under: big data, college, education, massively open online course, minerva, mit, mooc, online classes, sebastian thrun, students, teaching, udacity, university
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$20k a year? Wat?
With that in mind, I can't understand how $20k/year for an online education is even remotely attractive.
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If anyone is interested (highly relevant for this place.. -I'm looking at you OOTB) Coursera has the FREE 12 week course on US Constitutional Law via Yale university (Professor Akhil Reed Amar ) starting on 27th January 2014.
https://www.coursera.org/course/conlaw
I've enrolled and am looking forward to it, especially since I'm not a US citizen and your US Constitution has always intrigued me.
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good luck with that
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/us/after-setbacks-online-courses-are-rethought.html
http://cam pustechnology.com/articles/2013/12/11/what-will-happen-to-moocs-now-that-udacity-is-leaving-higher-e d.aspx
http://www.fastcompany.com/3021473/udacity-sebastian-thrun-uphill-climb
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