2014年6月23日 網(wǎng)站追蹤供稿

目前,，大規(guī)模在線開放課程（MOOC’s）發(fā)展迅速。鑒于大規(guī)模集合課程越來越受歡迎,，我們?cè)u(píng)估了如今在網(wǎng)上最受歡迎的課程,。首先，要考慮每一個(gè)網(wǎng)站的不同要求,。有一些網(wǎng)站提供付費(fèi)課程,，而另外一些網(wǎng)站則提供免費(fèi)課程。免費(fèi)課程的合理性在于一些高等院?？梢越璐苏故舅麄儗W(xué)校最頂尖的教授和課程,，這反過來可以增強(qiáng)世界范圍內(nèi)對(duì)他們課程的需求。有意思的是,，最早采用這種網(wǎng)上課程形式的卻是在非洲,、印度和亞洲的一些國(guó)家和地區(qū)，在這些國(guó)家里,，移動(dòng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)的使用要比臺(tái)式電腦的使用范圍廣泛得多,，這是因?yàn)檗r(nóng)村地區(qū)的大多數(shù)教師買不起臺(tái)式機(jī)。網(wǎng)上學(xué)歷也比以前更加受歡迎,，像是在非洲的一些網(wǎng)民使用手機(jī)上網(wǎng)的地方,，如果提供在線課程的學(xué)校想要全面爭(zhēng)奪那些地方的市場(chǎng)份額，那么就得在網(wǎng)上學(xué)歷和證書方面做出一些創(chuàng)新性的改進(jìn),。

提供課程的學(xué)校：到目前為止,，在視頻培訓(xùn)領(lǐng)域做出最大貢獻(xiàn)的有麻省理工學(xué)院、加州大學(xué)伯克利分校,、哈佛大學(xué)及哈佛附屬學(xué)院,，當(dāng)然還包括最新加入的倫敦商業(yè)金融學(xué)院、倫敦政經(jīng)學(xué)院和可汗學(xué)院,。這并不意味著在亞洲沒有頂級(jí)的高等學(xué)府,，事實(shí)上，香港和孟買也一直在向人們展示其令人驕傲的課程,，只不過當(dāng)前,，我們?nèi)栽谄诖梢栽龠@些地區(qū)發(fā)現(xiàn)更多更好的免費(fèi)課程。

課程共享：目前,，“開放文化”,、“我的免費(fèi)在線課程”和“課程時(shí)代”是網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程的三大供應(yīng)網(wǎng)站,。在這三個(gè)網(wǎng)站中，你能找到的不僅僅是免費(fèi)課程,，更多的是大量其他高等院校提供的免費(fèi)學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì),。在“課程時(shí)代”網(wǎng)站上，學(xué)習(xí)者可以使用這個(gè)平臺(tái)嘗試學(xué)習(xí)新課程,，課程完成之后,，學(xué)習(xí)者可以以一直名義上的付費(fèi)方式申請(qǐng)開具課程學(xué)習(xí)證明。網(wǎng)站不僅關(guān)注學(xué)歷項(xiàng)目,，而且注重一些短小的課程,，譬如，有的課程只有幾個(gè)小時(shí),，但有的卻可能持續(xù)幾個(gè)星期,。我們可以在網(wǎng)站上找到各種各樣的專業(yè)設(shè)置，包括工商管理碩士以及商業(yè),、科學(xué),、市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷、金融,、工程,、醫(yī)學(xué)、藝術(shù),、歷史,、政治學(xué)和健康保健等學(xué)士和博士學(xué)位課程，當(dāng)然,，還有更多，這里不一一列舉,。

越來越多的國(guó)家參與到其中來：美國(guó)毫無疑問是最先發(fā)動(dòng)這一行動(dòng)的領(lǐng)袖,，然而，英國(guó),、澳大利亞,、南非、加拿大和幾乎所有亞洲國(guó)家現(xiàn)在都在源源不斷地加入大規(guī)模在線開放課程的行動(dòng)當(dāng)中,。目前,，博客系統(tǒng)和其他平臺(tái)用于文本型的課程。與此同時(shí),，溝通的渠道也不再局限于“Youtobe”, “Twitter”和“Facebook”的使用呈不斷上升趨勢(shì),。

在線課程鼓勵(lì)老師和學(xué)生們?nèi)w參與進(jìn)來，分享各自的經(jīng)驗(yàn),，或許你的下一個(gè)新想法就會(huì)被制成一個(gè)短小的課程放在網(wǎng)上,。

Free online courses, Universities in USA, Europe and Australia

Published on June 23rd, 2014. Written by SiteTrail.

Recently Massive Open online Courses (MOOC’s) have expanded rapidly and as course aggregators became more popular, we are now evaluating some of the most popular education resources currently on the web. Firstly, the dimensions of each site should be considered: Some offers paid courses, wheras others focus on free courses. The rational behind free courses is that Universities and Colleges have an opportunity to showcase some of their best professors and lecturers, which in turn creates an international demand for their programs. What is interesting is that the regions who are early adopters of the educational content includes Africa, India and Asia – typically countries wher mobile internet usage is higher than Desktop usage, due to the fact that most educational users cannot afford desktop devices in rural areas. online degrees is now more prominent than ever and in places like Africa wher many internet users will access the web primarily via mobile phone, degree and diploma courses will have to provide an innovative solution if that market is going to be engaged effectively.

The content providers: So far the top contributors in the area of video recorded training includes MIT, UC Berkeley, Harvard and Harvard extension, as well as the more recent entrants such as LSBF (London School of Business and finance), LSE (London School of economics) and of course the Khan Academy. This of course does not mean that there are not prime educational establishments to be found in Asia: Indeed, both Hong Kong and Mumbai has been showcasing some impressive work too, only that we are still waiting to see more content from these regions.

The content sharers: Right now, OpenCulture, Myfreecoursesonline and Coursera are the three biggest names in content aggregation. What you will findatany of these sites are actually not paid courses, but rather a variety of free opportunities showcased by other establishments. In the case of coursera, learners use the platform itself to try new courses, and upon completion, for a nominal fee, a certificate of attendance can be issued. The focus is not only on degree programs, but also short courses which range from a few hours, to several weeks. We have been able to identify courses across a wide range of professions, these include: MBA programs, PHD and Bachelors programs for business, science, marketing, finance, engineering, medical, the arts, history, political science, alternative health and much more.

Countries participating are on the rise: The USA was no doubt the first movers, however the UK, Australia, South Africa, Canada and practically all of Asia are now making moves to join the MOOC movement. So far, Youtube seems to be the favorite way of broadcasting video related content – but slideshare, wordpress and other platforms are used for text type content. The channels of communication is expanded beyond Youtube – and Twitter/Facebook engagement is on the rise.

Both teachers and learners are encouraged to get involved in content sharing – your next breakthrough idea can come in the form of a short course.