Free Online University Courses

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Just wanted to give anyone that is interested a heads up that Coursera www.coursera.org/ are offering free university level classes from some of the top US universities. I have already taken one class and the quality is so much better than the bricks and mortar classes at my university.

The only thing is that there is no formal qualification at the end other than a certificate saying you took part. Hope it helps someone out there.

Thanks so much for posting this, hadn't heard of it before.

I've just registered and looking for a course to do over the summer :)

Thanks again!

Excellent really glad it helped you. Curious to know which course you signed up for? I am going to do the statistics one next, can't wait.

Oooh I'm going to have a look thank you very much.

Ha I've just signed up for a course starting in June. Just what I needed, thank you.

Hurray another joiner, we should check in once in a while and give each other support. what did you sign up for? It's great isn't it? One thing with the OU is that the cost prohibitive just to try random subjects for the sake of learning.

I'm doing an introduction to sociology and I'm very excited about it!

Marking a spot.

Thanks for that.

I have signed up for introduction to sociology and greek and roman mythology....and basic behavioural neuroscience (I may have gotten carried away)

But they are all spaced out, It will be fine.

Thanks again.

Good luck Terra, if it is staggered am sure it will be fine. You can always drop one if it gets too much and pick it up at the next offering.

The class that I did a couple of months ago had 100,000 students at the start and the majority (60 or 70%) completed it. The lecturer said that the grades and quality of the work was comparable to his regular Stanford class.

Also if anyone is a techie or know anyone that is Udacity www.udacity.com/ have excellent programming courses.

Introduction to Sociology

Good luck, let me know how you get on if you remember. I am excited about this project, quality education as a universal right available to everyone in the world (rather than those able to pay the steep fees) has mind blowing potential for future generations not to mention academia.

I've joined too. Introduction to sociology! It will be great to study something in english for once.

So do we just get notified by email when it is about to start?

The Open University are also a source of free courses:

openlearn.open.ac.uk/

Thanks Joan!

Belgo Yes they sent me an email when the course started.

Noooo why did I look at the courses?! I want to do "Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human mind, Our Modern World" but my OU course starts next week so it might not be a good idea.

webwiz - good luck with your course!

I have signed up for the intro to sociology too.

Oh my goodness... I am supposed to be revising for my existing BA, but I will have to look and will inevtably sign up for something. Well, exams are finished in June, I will be bored, right?

It looks good.

Wow, thanks for that Open University link, it's brilliant.

oh thanks, i knew about the OU free oned but not the others, DS might like the gaming one, sounds cool that its with Stanford to, its all CPD.

Coursera is fab. I did the introduction to computer science one and it was brilliant. I am supposed to be doing the sociology one at the mo but am a bit behind with the lectures and haven't done the mid-terms, but hey, I'm only doing this for fun....
I'm also signed up for neuroscience and can't wait for that as it's over the school hols so I should have more time to devote to it.
Going to havea look at the OU ones now -thanks for the link Joan

www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
more here, seems to american with varied type of content.