Educational Technology

June 1, 2013

$200K for a computer science degree? Or these free online classes?

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

By Andrew C. Oliver, InfoWorld

I’ve been taking free business courses online at Coursera, despite some annoying limitations. I love it, especially since I don’t have a few years and a few hundred thousand bucks to blow attending our local business school — which I’m sure is very good, but hey, I have a business to run. But there’s more to Coursera. I was recently interviewed by a reporter from the BBC aboutmy post questioning the value of the modern computer science degree. At the time, Coursera didn’t have a great background in theory. This has now changed. Coursera offers what could be considered a basic grounding in computer science theory from some of the most prestigious universities.

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2013/130516-free-online-classes-for-software-developers.html

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