TEDxRamallah - Suad Amiry - My work My Hobby. Simply look inside you never at others. Khan Academy. Coursera. EdX - Home. Learn Just About Anything Online for Free - E-learning -- AARP Bulletin. Stan Peirce had been looking for new pursuits after a long career as an electrical engineer with Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport, Tenn. Then, last year, while searching the Internet, he stumbled on nearly 2,000 academic courses that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had put online.
Peirce saw MIT’s offerings—its OpenCourseWare project complete with syllabuses, assignments, exams and, in many cases, audio or video lectures—as nothing short of an educational gold mine. “I couldn’t believe all of this was available—for free,” he says. Welcome to “e-learning.” Curious about world history or quantum physics? Want to stretch your mind by learning to speak a new language or to play the accordion? Need to fix a leaky faucet or teach your dog to behave? Years ago the Internet paved the way for learning online from schools that charged tuition for their courses. Wave of the Future The E-Learning Curve After discovering MIT’s free online courses, Stan Peirce soon became a student again. Academics at Free-Ed.Net. "Free-Ed.Net is not a directory; it is a destination" The Past The Present 2013 was a year of redefinition and expansion, and we entered 2014 with over 7000 courses and learning resources that are divided between 323 subject areas and 16 academic colleges.
So, what's new for 2014? Check it out ... The Future I'm not going to tell you what we are introducing in mid-2015. And by 2017? Popular Videos.