Free, low-cost online college courses growing in popularity
Free or cheap online college courses are growing in popularity across the country, raising questions of the longevity of traditional universities. An article published Jan. 21 by the Washington Post highlighted four programs in particular that are offering these money-saving … Continue reading →
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Two free courses on dealing with cancer offered today
There will be two free continuing education courses provided today for nurses, social workers and counselors in Slidell, 1300 Gause Boulevard, Suite D-1 in the same shopping center as Chesterfield’s Restaurant.
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500 online classes offered free to Salem, Bozrah residents
The Salem Free Public Library is offering more than 500 free online classes to Salem and Bozrah residents through the library’s website. The service started this week.
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John Naughton: Welcome to the desktop degree
Three courses created at Stanford University prove that free online education can compete with traditional teaching methods Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the title " Electronics and the Dim Future of the University ". In it, Professor Noam argued that the basic model of a ...
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Stanford professor resigns, launches Udacity: Free, online, university-level computer science courses
Online higher education got a big boost this week when Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science at Stanford,...
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