U of T to OFFER FREE ONLINE CLASSES

marbiie: Professors at Stanford University helped develop the U.S. based company, Coursera to offer free massive open on-line courses and U of T partnered up with them.
Anyone sitting in any country around the world with access to a computer can take the course. The COURSES ARE NOT FOR CREDIT and it includes a combo of VIDEO, LECTURES, DISCUSSION GROUPS, QUIZZES AND ASSIGNMENTS. They will be offering the courses sometime in SEPTEMBER.
Their plan eventually is to charge for course certificates and facilitate employment with students. For now, they want to lure international students and FREE FOR NOW.

unicorn1: Thanks for the post marbiie....just checked it out and am now enrolled in a history course with Princeton. Great idea!.......cheers!

marbiie: Wow. so for u, and good luck

unicorn1: Hey marbiie, thought ye might like to know that a woman in work is now doing a course on Greek legends and myths, and my sister has enrolled in one (dont know which one yet) that starts in 2013. Tomorrow I'm sticking a notice up in my local library..after that, they can all fend for themselves..lol

marbiie: oh that's so nice, good for them, actually i used to read about
Greek legends and myths, might be interesting to take up again.

labi1234: Hi Marbiie, I just saw your post do you have the link by any chance?

marbiie: sorry i don't, i forgot to take the link but try Coursera Corp i think or University of Toronto websites