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Online course start-ups offer virtually free college
An emerging group of entrepreneurs with influential backing is seeking to lower the cost of higher education from as much as tens of thousands of dollars a year to nearly nothing. These new arrivals are harnessing the Internet to offer online courses, which isn’t new. But their classes are free, or almost free. Most traditional universities have refused to award academic credit for such online ...
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How to Afford College - a Free Online Course
A free online course that teaches personal financial management topics for students who are new to college and or considering college was launched this week by Wichita State University. The website is www.myCollegeMoneyPlan.org.
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Top U.S. Professors Unite With The Faculty Project To Offer Free Online Courses
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Udemy , a marketplace for online learning, today announced the debut of The Faculty Project ( www.facultyproject.com ), a remarkable initiative that brings ...
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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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College for nothing, or next-to-nothing
In a forthcoming story , higher-education scribe Jon Marcus addresses a small but growing community of companies that are offering college coursework at bargain-basement prices. Saylor.org , a Washington-based nonprofit founded by entrepreneur Michael Saylor, is offering 200 online college courses for free. Read full article >>
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