Why Stanfords Free Online Education Experiment Is Booming - News - GOOD. This fall, Stanford decided to experiment by offering its three most popular computer science classes to the public—for free.
Within weeks, 200,000 people from around the globe signed up, with Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, taught by renowned Stanford professors Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun (pictured above), attracting a whopping 160,000 students. Norvig’s tracking found that more than 3 million users have come to the page since the university announced the artificial intelligence class. And more than 35,000 of the people who signed up have stuck with Intro to A.I., turning in assignments and taking midterm exams right along with the 175 students paying to take the class in person. Because of the interest, Stanford plans to offer seven more computer science classes beginning in January, and will expand its offerings to two entrepreneurship courses.
Of course, the online students don’t get credit for the classes—Stanford verifies a "badge of completion" instead. 10 Awesome Online Classes You Can Take For Free. Cool, but you need iTunes for nearly everything, and that gets an 'F.' Are there really no other places to get these lessons?
I was sure there are some on Academic Earth. Flagged.
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