Introduction to Music Theory. Course Catalog. The most important education technology in 200 years. Four of the 19 Coursera courses on AI and robotics (credit: Coursera) Education is about to change dramatically, says Anant Agarwal, who heads edX, a $60 million MIT-Harvard effort to stream a college education over the Web, free, with plans to teach a billion students, Technology Review reports.
“Massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, offered by new education ventures like edX, Coursera, and Udacity, to name the most prominent (see “The Crisis in Higher Education”) will affect markets so large that their value is difficult to quantify. A quarter of the American population, 80 million people, is enrolled in K–12 education, college, or graduate school. Direct expenditures by government exceed $800 billion. Add to that figure private education and corporate training. At edX, Agarwal says, the same three-person team of a professor plus assistants that used to teach analog circuit design to 400 students at MIT now handles 10,000 online and could take a hundred times more. Changing the world. Virtual Evolution of Education. Does an education lead to revolution or does a revolution generate access to education?
It seems that currently there is a simultaneous evolution of both. Billions can now gain access to an education that would otherwise be reserved for a privileged few depending on their social, economic, and geographic location. A revolution in education is slowly taking place with the Internet as its primary driving force. Its simple; the internet allows easy access to streaming lectures while interactive elements on the site allow instructors to collect data from their students. Think of all the potentially innovative perspectives that can emerge from diverse individuals gaining access to information. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, created by organizations like edX, Coursera, and Udacity are collectively working with universities like MIT, Harvard, and Stanford to create a college level education that is fully streamed online for free on the internet. Your Courses | Coursera. Udacity | Free Online Courses. Advance your College Education & Career.
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