
MorePeopleShiftTowardFreeOnlineEducation
Withrisingacademicfeesandpeople'sbusyschedules,moreandmorepeopleareshifting
towardonlinelearningprograms,manyofwhicharebeingofferedforfree.
Mythologymaybethestudyofage-oldcultures,butthisclassroomisanythingbutancient.
Around54,000studentsaroundtheworldarecurrentlytakingthiscourinGreekandRoman
tudio,there'sacamera,recordingequipment,computersandtechnicalstaffto
helpStruck,theinstructor,torecordlecturesandconductlivequestionandanswerssionswith
students.
Theinternet-badcoursareknownasmassive,open,onlineclassorMOOCforshort.
Peoplearoundtheworldaresigningupforsimilarclassintheirmillions.
MOOCsarebarelyayearold,buttheycaughtonquicklybecauthey'regenerallyfreeand
tscangothroughthematerialwhen
theyhavetime,andthereareonlineclasschatmessageboardsforstudentdiscussions.
IntheNetherlands,oneofMOOCsmythologystudentsFausiaAbdoelsaysonlinecours
makethingasierthantheywouldbeintheclassroom.
"It'arebehindacomputer,andtheyaretalkingtoeachother
waymoreeasilyIhavenoticedthanpeopledoin,duringlectures."
Butasstudentsdon'tearnacademiccreditsthroughMOOCclassandaren'tevenconsidered
officialattendeesattheacademicinstitutions,thereasonpeopleenrollareoftenvaried.
Struck,theinstructorofthiscouradmitsthateventhoughhemissthepersonalinteraction
oftraditionalteaching,thebenefitisthatagreaternumberofpeopleareabletolearnsomething
new.
"Whatwe'reheretodoasacademicsistofindoutnewknowledgeandtospreaditabroadas
widelyaswepossiblycan."
WhileMOOCsmaynotbethebestformofeducation,forstudentswhojustwantwell-taught
accesstoprestigiousprofessorswithout
the$50,000(USD)pricetagischangingwhatitmeanstogetaneducation.
Currently,China'sPekingUniversityhasstartedcooperationwithMOOCsinceMaythisyear,
becomingthefirstAsianUniversityonthisopenclassplatform.
Ensuringthatwhereeveryouareintheworld,adecenteducationisn'ttoofaraway.
ForCRI,IamLiDong.
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