For the past few years, most of the learning institutions have chosen to make learning materials such as examinations, notes, instructions and readings to be accessible through the internet free of charge. Most of these institutions, for example, MIT and UC-Berkeley are first rate in the world and there main objectives is to enables students world wide to maximize the benefits of unbelievable opportunity for learning.
Some of the appreciated free online schools
Many world-class learning institutions have chosen to use World Wide Web to offer lectures, courses and assignments at no cost through several ways which include download-able instruction notes, streaming video and pod casts. Here is the list of some of the valued online schools.
- Berklee College of Music
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Gresham College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New York University
- Open University (United Kingdom)
- Stanford University
- Tufts University
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Washington
- Utah State University
- Utah Valley State College
- Yale University
How to use Free University Resource?
For you to be able to use free university material you should have all the supporting programs, install to your compute devices such as Media Player or iPod software which will enable you to read the materials. Start by opening the web site of one the above named institution you want to study, go through the list as you select the course you want to study then download the resources.
Some of the institution such as University of Washington may need you to register with your email address in order to access there resource. However, large number of these institutions do not require any registration at all. Certainly the institution will not offer you any credit, get in touch with any of there lecturers or colleague student.
Advantages and Disadvantages of free University
Like any other institution, there are challenges associated with these modes of learning. For instance, several lessons have many sources that you may need to consult and these sources are not readily accessible, hence it will necessitate you to purchase these books. Also some lessons have six to ten web leaves with text that easy to read and followed with questions having answers to choose from which is more complicated compared with the comprehensively study program.
Apart from challenges faced, some courses offered by some institutions are very details and include a lot of audio lectures hour, complementary movies and participative questions. For instance, institutions such as UC-Berkeley make courses like General Astronomy, Human Emotion and Heidegger to be accessible through pod casts.
Are the free online courses convenient?
Many institutions vary in the level of coverage, and a few post secondary schools have gathered all the necessary materials for online learning. However, the output depends with the effort put by the reader. For instances if the reader bough the reading materials, do all the assignments and take the comprehensive test solemn the out come will be excellence.