#cmc11 I came across a great free resource for MOOC; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I was surprised that this school has joined the initiative to spread free online learning to the masses that are interested in furthering their educational experience. MIT has always been known for their ability to teach Information Technology skills to their students for a hefty price and it is great to see that they are expanding their student base to potentially anyone that has an Internet connection. No registration is required and tests, multimedia files, and lecture notes are all free. One of the positives of this is that it provides very in depth technical information for higher level learning, but the down side is that the information may be too complex for the majority that may not have a solid foundation in this field yet. ---Jon Bunch
started by Jon Bunch on 08 Mar 13
I came across a great free resource for MOOC; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I was surprised that this school has joined the initiative to spread free online learning to the masses that are interested in furthering their educational experience. MIT has always been known for their ability to teach Information Technology skills to their students for a hefty price and it is great to see that they are expanding their student base to potentially anyone that has an Internet connection. No registration is required and tests, multimedia files, and lecture notes are all free. One of the positives of this is that it provides very in depth technical information for higher level learning, but the down side is that the information may be too complex for the majority that may not have a solid foundation in this field yet.
---Jon Bunch
Resources:
MIT (2013). MIT OpenCourseWare. Referenced on March 7, 2013 from http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm.