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Sunday, July 6, 2014

8 Lesser Known Places To Find Good MOOCs!

Want to study online? Here are some lesser known yet useful options!

When it comes to MAssive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Harvard and MIT's EdX program or other names like Udemy, Udacity, Codecademy etc. come to mind. But there are many other lesser known places that you can get very useful MOOCs from. Here take a look at these!

 1. Allversity

Allversity is a digital gathering place built to help you learn. It provides access to open courses in traditional subjects like math, science, and history. It also takes traditional learning a step further by hosting practical courses in health, agriculture, entrepreneurship, life skills, and human rights. Their materials are built to inspire and to challenge.

2. ApnaCourse

ApnaCourse is designed in a such a way that it contains all attributes to aid self-paced e-learning. All you need to do is register, browse, add courses and start learing. You can also evaluate yourself on what you've learned.

3. C++ Institute

C++ Institute brings together a committed community of IT professionals, programming specialists and enthusiasts, education establishments, training organizations, and all those who volunteer to share their programming knowledge, help others gain it and make the world a better place to live in.

4. Class2Go

This is Stanford University's MOOC platform, which has now merged with the EdX initiative by Harvard University and MIT.

5. FUN

FUN is a platform MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses, French "Online Courses open to all") made ​​available to institutions of French higher education and their academic partners worldwide. Launched by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in October 2013, this initiative aims to bring together projects in French universities and schools to give international visibility, and enable all public access to various courses and quality anywhere in the world.

6. FX Academy

FX Academy is a comprehensive educational system conceived directly from the need for traders to learn about Forex trading at their own pace in a comfortable, interactive environment. Founded by the trading experts at DailyForex.com who have been monitoring and reporting on the Forex market since 2006, FX Academy offers traders of all levels the courses they need to sharpen their trading skills and enhance their knowledge of the world of Forex.

7. Instreamia

This one hosts a variety of language courses, calling itself the future of language learning. They very well might be right. You could definitely give it a shot!

8. MOOC-Ed

MOOC-Ed.org is a project of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at the NC State College of Education. Built on research-based models of effective professional development, professional learning communities, and online communities of practice, MOOC-Ed courses focus on authentic, project-based learning, collaboration, and peer-supported learning, rather than tests and grades that are needed in other types of MOOCs.

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