Coursera is an education company which is collaborated with various universities and organizations to provide MOOC. Its vision is to provide world class education freely to everyone. Currently Coursera is providing more than seven hundred online courses developed by the world’s top educational institutions.
All the courses on Coursera can be accessed without paying any fee. It also
provides tutoring, verified certification and introducing students to potential employers and
recruiters on payment basis. Many of partner
institutes are using online platform of Coursera for blended learning.
Courses
are available in various areas including humanities,
medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, and computer science.
In addition to English, study can be done in Chinese, French and other
languages also. Most of the courses have
start and end dates, while some can be joined any time. Each one includes study material as well as short video lecture.
Assessment is
based upon take interactive quizzes, assignment, project or exam. In many humanities and social science courses peer assessments is used, where students can evaluate and provide feedback
on each other’s work.
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