Jonathan Kydd, dean of the University of London International Programmes, which last month began offering free courses in psychology, computer programming and law through the US online education provider Coursera, says the involvement of top-rated institutions such as Stanford and Harvard has made this kind of free distance learning particularly appealing.
In 2013, HarvardX, Harvard Law School, and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society launched an experiment in distance education: CopyrightX, the first free and open distance learning course on law.
In 2013, HarvardX, Harvard Law School, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society launched an experiment in distance education: CopyrightX, the first free and open distance learning course on law.
In Britain, the Open University, which has been delivering distance learning for over 40 years, offers free online courses in every discipline on the OpenLearn Web site; the Open University also maintains a dedicated YouTube channel and has often had courses listed on the top 10 downloads at iTunes University.
Olivier said you can attend free lectures if you do distance learning – true or false?
While it would be impossible for me to meet each of these entrepreneurs personally and advise them individually for free, it is quite effective to use the distance learning platforms like DimDim and telepresence.
But given that providers do not have a business model through which they can make money from free courses, it may not be the death of distance learning just yet.
"The OU has decades of experience in world-class distance learning – each year we teach around 250,000 registered students, with literally millions of others accessing our free, informal, online offerings.
Offered via distance learning.
Taught via distance learning.
