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Coursera.org. The School-Less Revolution. Students could soon receive college credit for taking free online courses. Massive Online Open Course platform Coursera is working with accreditation standards institution American Council on Education to evaluate whether its online classes are sufficient for the kinds of college credit awarded in Advanced Placement courses. Should free online courses be given accreditation, it could dramatically reduce the cost of the first two years of college and release a significant portion of education from the confines of schools. “Students will have an unprecedented opportunity to obtain recognized credentials for their work,” said Professor William G. Bowen, former President of Princeton University. “This could significantly reduce the costs of higher education for millions of students.”

Coursera is part of a broader educational movement to provide universal access to world-class education by putting lectures and materials from top universities online for free. A review of research by the U.S. Univerisities... Blockly. Codeacademy. ドットインストール. プログラミン. TED. Khan Academy.