Neanderthal Me!

>> Ahmed Shafeebdnews24.com
Published : 8 June 2014, 11:17 AM
Updated : 8 June 2014, 11:17 AM

A new revolution in mass education is MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), given by top professors at many of the most well-known universities of the world. Some might use it to refresh their dimming knowledge of a subject they had studied long ago, including all the new developments since leaving school. Somebody may want to learn everything they had always wanted to know about certain topics, but were afraid to ask, and young people at school can get a head-start before they go to university. It is completely free and thousands of students enrol themselves for each course. The contents include video lectures with sub-titles in many languages and English transcripts, fairly tough weekly quizzes graded by computers, or written assignments graded by peers, discussion forums, and suggestions for further reading. At the end one gets a well-designed colourful certificate signed by the teacher, with a “with distinction” stamp when the score exceeds 90%. (Read More)