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SwissTony

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7. Perhaps it just gives people who can't go to Stanford, Melbourne or London U
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:22 AM
Feb 2013

the chance to get some quality education. And it's free.

'Normal" students will still attend these institutions and earn their degrees.

Free College Courses Online! [View all] Sherman A1 Feb 2013 OP
Thank you!!!! renate Feb 2013 #1
Wow, this is very interesting. Thanks. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #2
K & R Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #3
'non-credit' another salvo in the war to destroy public universities.... HiPointDem Feb 2013 #4
While I understand your point of view Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #5
that's not what this is about, though. these courses *will* be offered for credit, and it looks HiPointDem Feb 2013 #6
i'm not sure i understand what you are saying JI7 Feb 2013 #20
No, I am saying that these classes are going to be offered for credit at a price, and that colleges HiPointDem Feb 2013 #27
+1 Knowledge should always be available and free. Live and Learn Feb 2013 #15
Perhaps it just gives people who can't go to Stanford, Melbourne or London U SwissTony Feb 2013 #7
uh, yeah, that's what they say. but the capitalists play a long game, and the public is too naive HiPointDem Feb 2013 #8
aren't these Free Classes ? JI7 Feb 2013 #13
for the time being. but soon to become otherwise. a trojan horse for education deform is what it is, HiPointDem Feb 2013 #17
You too can play long game. Educate yourself for free & that is worth more than any piece of paper Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #14
I have educated myself all my life, and I didn't need some loss leader from education deformers HiPointDem Feb 2013 #16
Ah, you have chosen "angry". Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #21
to correctly identify your previous post, and this latest one, as both condscending and diversionary HiPointDem Feb 2013 #24
Not a personal attack. I was characterizing your post as "angry". No need to be so defensive. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #39
i'm not defensive at all. you wrote "ah, *you* have chosen angry." your words. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #46
You can't win, or rather, one can't win or maybe I can't win. When I wrote "you" Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #47
So you would tell a hungry begger to not take the sandwich because he would rhett o rick Feb 2013 #53
the hungry beggar being -- what? people who want to take free online courses? yeah, that's HiPointDem Feb 2013 #61
I agree Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #10
you may not see it that way, but that's what it is. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #18
"but the end game will be quite different" I'm from Missouri. TalkingDog Feb 2013 #36
lol. another resort to personal attack. right out of the playbook. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #37
Then we must agree to disagree Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #49
so people shouldn't learn unless they go to a university ? JI7 Feb 2013 #12
your post is ironic, considering you're pumping 'free' university classes. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #19
but unless one is working towards a degree why does the credit part matter ? JI7 Feb 2013 #22
it wouldn't matter if this were actually some 'free' recordings of university lectures. but that's HiPointDem Feb 2013 #25
How dare people get access to free college courses! EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #23
it's not the professors getting most of that cash, but the textbook corporations. the ones who HiPointDem Feb 2013 #26
Losing battle you're fighting here. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #29
Informing people is never a losing battle. Those who don't get it mainly don't wish to get it. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #30
No, you're absolutely right. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #32
do you think most people want a privatized education system? i don't. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #38
No I don't think people want a privatized education system. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #40
but that didn't use to be the attitude. that attitude i attribute to two things; relentless HiPointDem Feb 2013 #41
Spot on. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #44
i think the banksters, the lack of real recovery and the assault on things like social security HiPointDem Feb 2013 #45
I took a greek mythology class this year from them Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #43
Oh get a clue. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #28
Nonsense. Free online college courses have been available for years. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #48
Much like Napster was a threat to record companies? lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #54
those who profit from it are the for-profit corporations pushing education deform. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #59
Yes, the medieval model of the university is an ox that will probably be gored in the next decades Recursion Feb 2013 #56
don't kid yourself. the university will survive; there will just be fewer of them, and mostly HiPointDem Feb 2013 #60
I'm doing the Health for All course right now, along with a film course and intro to philosophy Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #9
where is the ancient greek history link ? do they have other history classes ? JI7 Feb 2013 #52
Here's the link: Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #63
Bookmarked. Thanks. Jim__ Feb 2013 #11
Noticed they didn't offer languges AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #31
Check out post #34.... Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #35
All of FSI's language courses are free online Recursion Feb 2013 #57
also many many available free on iTunesU ZRT2209 Feb 2013 #33
There is also the "Open Courseware Consortium", where you can take classes from MIT... Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #34
I took a greek mythology class there this past year. Great fun! Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #42
i wish they would include some literature and history classes JI7 Feb 2013 #50
kick Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #51
MIT has had almost all of its courses online for free for years Recursion Feb 2013 #55
That is awesome. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #58
Cool, thanks nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #62
Thanks, K&R sfpcjock Feb 2013 #64
It's great! user_name Feb 2013 #65
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