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免費課程 - Google 新聞: "美國頂尖大學免費線上授課" - yam天空新聞

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"美國頂尖大學免費線上授課" - yam天空新聞
May 2nd 2012, 04:41

(教育)美國頂尖大學免費線上授課

名為Coursera的新互動式教學平台創始人在週三表示,美國五所大學名校將為全世界學生提供免費線上課程。他們也宣布已獲得來自於加州門羅公園裡兩家矽谷創投公司-Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers與新企業協會美金一千六百萬元的資金。

接下來的一年裡Coursera將會藉由其網站coursera.org開授超過三十六堂的大學課程,由史丹佛、普林斯頓、加州大學柏克萊分校、賓州大學以及密西根大學的教授負責課程的設計與教授。

這項計畫的目標是讓更高等的教育能變得更容易取得且可負擔得起。雖然學生不會拿到大學學分,但是可以付費申請「結業證明」或是成績單。至於這些參與的校方,他們則期望藉由提高海外校譽以及和遍佈各地的校友聯繫而受惠,希望能引進心懷感激的線上學生捐款。

(Education)Top US Universities Offer Free Courses Online

Founders of the new interactive education platform, dubbed Coursera, said on Wednesday that five prominent US universities will offer free online courses for students worldwide. They also announced that they had received $16 million in financing from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates, both in Menlo Park, California.

Coursera will offer more than three dozen college courses in the coming year through its website at coursera.org, and the classes are designed and taught by professors at Stanford, Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

The project aims to make higher education more accessible and affordable. Although students will not be getting college credit, they can request certificates of completion or transcripts for a fee. As for the universities that participated, they expect to benefit by boosting their reputation overseas and connecting with far-flung alumni, in the hope of bringing in donations from grateful online students.

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