Did you know? By 2019, Virtual Learning had become a convenient platform for 110 million (11 crore) students. They had accessibility to 13,500 online courses provided by 900+ universities!
As mentioned in my previous article, Virtual Learning (e-Learning) will never lose its sheen and will have an exponential growth!
Why are Online Courses provided for Free?
There are 2 good intents:
- Good Quality education should reach everyone in this world (irrespective of affordability)
- People who are new to e-Learning, can get an exposure through these free online courses. Once they like it, they can pursue higher/specialized degrees at fractional cost
Top 3 Free Online Course Providers:
| edX | Coursera | Swayam | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded by | MIT & Harvard | ex-Stanford Professors | HRD Ministry (Govt. of India) |
| Courses prepared by | Universities like MIT, Harvard, Stanford, IIT & IIM etc | Universities like Yale, Stanford, ISB, NUS | IIT, IIM, AICTE, NCERT |
| Free Courses focused on | Analytics (Machine Learning), Project Management, Humanities & Science | Analytics (Machine Learning), Project Management, Humanities & Science | Engineering – NPTEL(IIT)Business Management – IIM, Bangalore Coding – AICTE |
| Languages | Predominantly English, Spanish | English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Russian & others | English and Indian Regional Languages |
| Web Link | eDX - Free Course | Coursera - Free Course | Swayam - Free Course |
*Opportunity* : In Coursera, College & University students can avail full access to 3800 courses for free – if you enroll by September 30th 2020. Check out the detailed FAQs
For Course Ratings & Reviews
Based on the course brief, if you are unsure whether the online course would help you or not – do visit Class Central : No.1 Search Engine for Free Online Courses. You can check out the Ratings & Reviews of all Online courses.
In my next article, I will detail about how to avail Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from Reputed Institutions at fractional cost.
Happy Free e-Learning! Stay Safe!
2 Comments
Rm. meenakshi · June 8, 2020 at 11:00 am
Very useful message
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