Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., recently announced a $10,000 undergraduate degree with a curriculum that draws largely from other institutions' free online courses. Such news may prompt resourceful graduate students to try to piece together a degree for free, but current or prospective M.B.A. students shouldn't see free courses as a replacement for a full paying degree, business professors … [Read more...] about Free Online Classes May Help M.B.A. Students – US News and World Report
Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The group of elite universities offering free online courses just got bigger. Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced a partnership that will host online courses from both institutions free of charge. The platform, its creators say, has the potential to improve face-to-face classes on the home campuses while giving students around the world access to a … [Read more...] about Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
4 Start-Ups Are Offering Free Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The market for free online courses is growing every week, with new companies emerging to offer open courses to anyone who wants them. Some of them have forgone the support of traditional institutions to try the for-profit waters instead. For anyone who might be struggling to keep track of the ever-growing field—the companies’ names can sound similar or stretch the bounds of the dictionary—below … [Read more...] about 4 Start-Ups Are Offering Free Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All – Forbes
For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called M.I.T.x,which will offer the … [Read more...] about M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All – Forbes