Online education: Coursera aims to take over world

  By rolandlegrand | September 21, 2012 - 2:27 pm |

“In the fast-evolving realm of free online college courses, Coursera seems to be evolving the fastest.”

It seems that being open, or at least not exclusive, is a competitive advantage….
via Diigo http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/09/19/online_education_coursera_adds_17_universities_aims_to_take_over_world.html

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I'm social media manager at Mediafin, the publisher of Belgium's leading business newspapers De Tijd and L'Echo. I have a special interest in the intersection of immersive media, business and philosophy.
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2 Responses to Online education: Coursera aims to take over world

  1. txtface says:
    December 4, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    “…makes adults less frightened to play again.” That will be great. Too many people stop playing once they “grow up.” In fact, only humans that stop playing – animals play throughout their lives.

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  2. Joseph Fulton says:
    September 25, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    I think.. online learning and Coursera together will be having a bright future..

    Reply

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