{"id":5380,"date":"2012-09-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/09\/20\/coursera-offers-free-college-classes-from-top-universities\/"},"modified":"2012-09-20T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T04:00:00","slug":"coursera-offers-free-college-classes-from-top-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/20\/coursera-offers-free-college-classes-from-top-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Coursera offers free college classes from top universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5379\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/600eb6612b31632f6c618c9c012d873d.jpg\" alt=\"Image Credit: milwaukee.uwex.edu\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Blueberries are rich in antioxidants\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/>\n<p>College courses can be expensive, especially from top private universities.\u00a0 This is where Coursera comes to the rescue!\u00a0 <a title=\"Coursera's Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coursera.org<\/a> partners with top universities from around the world to deliver college courses online for FREE.\u00a0 Their goal is to provide the best education to millions of people throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>So far, over 1 million people have signed up for courses ranging from Humanities, Music, Medicine, Business, to Computer Science and Mathematics.\u00a0 There are currently over 100 courses available across 17 different categories.\u00a0 Some of the schools participating are Stanford University, Duke, University of Edinburgh, and Princeton.\u00a0 Although college credit is not currently given for the courses, there are talks about moving that direction in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers have the unique opportunity to teach a class to people all over the world at the same time!\u00a0 This sounds like a very great start to an incredible concept!\u00a0 We look forward to seeing how this develops!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peace &amp; Love,<\/p>\n<p>Jon<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Good World News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College courses can be expensive, especially from top private universities.\u00a0 This is where Coursera comes to the rescue!\u00a0 Coursera.org partners with top universities from around the world to deliver college courses online for FREE.\u00a0 Their goal is to provide the best education to millions of people throughout the world. 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