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Momodou
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 Posted - 22 Apr 2012 : 12:15:33
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Educate yourself for free on the world's best universities
Two Stanford professors will revolutionize the world by offering free top qualifications through the Internet.
Normally it costs 230,000 dollars a year and is reserved for the world's best students. Now you can get it for free.
Via a new online system, people worldwide continue to take courses at a number of America's most prestigious universities. All you need is an internet connection.
"Today, top universities a great gift for a very few people. Now we can reach out to everyone. The world will be a better place, "said Andrew Ng, without a hint of evidence of exaggeration in his voice.
Source: Politiken
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Read more on Coursera raises $16M for free online education for the masses
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toubab1020
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Posted - 22 Apr 2012 : 14:21:08
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"If something looks to good to be true,it probably is."  |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 22 Apr 2012 : 14:54:09
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Innovation! Nothing is free but my guess is that they will earn somewhere else, most probably by selling the system/software to other institutions once proved to be applicable and running. Just look at Skype, Wikipedia, face book, Google etc..
The website is: https://www.coursera.org/
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toubab1020
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Posted - 22 Apr 2012 : 15:29:45
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Momodou, still TOO good,don't believe it, cannot be,all this stuff from American Universities,they gave it to Andrew Ng for free ? what happens to their student fees ? Nah,something more to it than meets the eye,have no idea what,your idea may be sound of what they intend to do,I am just going to watch and see,before I write, MAYBE,I told you so. There again I have been known to make mistakes
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 09 May 2012 : 20:36:33
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Toubab, here is a quote from Newsweek issue of May 14th 2012.
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Coursera doesn't pay its professors, and it has yet to dream up a way to generate revenue, though as Ng says, "If you're changing the lives of millions of people, there will be a way to make money from that at some point." One possibility involves charging companies for helping them find qualified joib applicants..
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toubab1020
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Posted - 09 May 2012 : 22:38:42
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| As Homer would say Doohhhhhhhhhhhh |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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