The Coursera courses are no replacement for the MBA program
The rise of free online learning platforms has been evidenced this year by the addition of MOOC (massive online open course) to the Oxford English Dictionary in August, and a recent announcement by University of Pennsylvania further endorses the concept. UPenn’s Wharton School is offering four first-year MBA courses online for free through Coursera, one of the most popular MOOC platforms, which partners with top universities around the world to deliver courses to hundreds of thousands of students.
Specifically, these four ‘foundation’ courses are in financial accounting, operations management, marketingand corporate finance. The prestigious business school also offers five elective courses, covering topics such as sports business and microfinance. Courses range from six to ten weeks long and consist of prerecorded lectures from the same Wharton professors that teach the MBA classes, along with interactive elements such as discussion boards. With these nine courses, a student can essentially complete the coursework for the entire first year of the MBA program, a program which is typically a two-year and $200,000 investment.
Don Huesman, managing director of the innovation group at Wharton, reported to Business Week that while much of the same content of the program’s coursework is now available remotely, and at no cost, the Coursera courses are no replacement for the MBA program with its immersive on-campus experience, assistance with internship placements, career services, and alumni network.
The Latest Bing News on:
Courses Available Online for Free
- Here's How to Watch the New ‘Demon Slayer: Hashira Training' Movie Online for Freeon May 10, 2024 at 7:46 am
After the free trial is over, you can either cancel it or keep watching with plans starting at $7.99 per month. Crunchyroll is also available as a channel add-on for Prime Video if you're an Amazon ...
- Amazon’s Best Free AI Training Courses to Boost Your Careeron May 9, 2024 at 5:29 am
Get to grips with generative AI, with these completely free courses, some of which take less than 15 minutes to finish.
- Free Online Courses to Level Up Your Skillson May 6, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Skill Forward is a free online program, sponsored by Verizon and edX ... and fully self-paced, with dedicated courses in Spanish also available. After completion, participants will earn ...
- 7 Free Online Courses With Certificates For High-Income Skills In 2024on May 6, 2024 at 9:00 am
Learning a skill is a good thing. Learning a high income skill? Even better. Here are seven high-income skills (and free courses to learn them with certificates) in 2024.
- Udacity offers laid-off US workers free access to its courses for 30 dayson May 3, 2024 at 8:00 am
With an uptick in layoffs in the tech sector, online tech learning platform Udacity, is offering 30-days free access to their entire catalog to people in the U.S. who experienced a layoff in the past ...
- Best online cybersecurity course of 2024on May 1, 2024 at 12:47 am
After creating a free account, you get access to almost ... t live in the midwestern US there’s an entire portal of online courses available to those involved in the security of industrial ...
- 53 of the best Harvard University courses you can take online for freeon April 30, 2024 at 9:00 pm
TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from Harvard University are available to take for free on edX, including lessons on AI, Python, JavaScript, and more.edX is a goldmine for people who love to ...
- Get free job training this summer at University of Hawai‘i Community Collegeson April 29, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Free summer training classes are now available for sign up through the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges’ Good Jobs Hawaiʻi initiative. These training programs offer individuals the chance to ...
- Best Online Excel Courses for May 2024on April 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm
To choose the best online Excel courses, we evaluated several ... You can start with a seven-day free trial before settling on one of two available subscription plans, which cost $29 per month ...
- 7 Free Online Computer Courses With Certificateson April 16, 2024 at 9:58 am
Several free online computer courses with certificates can help learners ... of our digital world is the abundance of resources available online. These enable us to develop and advance our ...
The Latest Google Headlines on:
Courses Available Online for Free
[google_news title=”” keyword=”Courses Available Online for Free” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]
The Latest Bing News on:
Massive online open course
- Workshop talks benefits of SWAYAM’s online courseson May 4, 2024 at 11:55 am
Various colleges recently conglomerated for a one-day workshop, which was organised by Synod College, Shillong, to confer about the implementation of online courses in undergraduate programmes.
- Kerala to launch digital course to foster responsible waste managementon May 2, 2024 at 6:36 pm
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Aiming to foster environmental consciousness and to promote sustainable and responsible waste management practices, the state government is launching a first-of-its-kind digital ...
- Clemson To Offer M.S. In Computer Science Via Coursera; No Application Requiredon May 1, 2024 at 6:15 am
the online learning platform and a pioneer of Massive Open Online Courses (also known as MOOCs), The program, which will have an artificial intelligence focus, is designed to be both affordable ...
- Gurobi to Launch Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Optimization for Data Scientistson April 10, 2024 at 11:32 am
The course, which aims to introduce optimization to data science learners, is now available online on Udemy ... Parts 1 - 4" is now open for enrollment on Udemy. Data scientists, educators ...
- MIL Massive Open Online Courseson April 9, 2024 at 5:00 pm
However, the momentum must be kept up. MIL must also go beyond the classroom. To increase access to MIL training, UNESCO has supported the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) on MIL in ...
- Moroccan teacher trainers acquire tech skills to design online courseson March 12, 2024 at 2:18 am
That course is one of 13 Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) that will be completed by the program in 2024 to train teachers in topics such as lesson planning, evaluating students’ progress ...
- Coursera Launches Six New Certificate Programs Plus A Career Academyon May 8, 2022 at 3:00 am
Coursera, the online learning platform and a pioneer of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS), announced at its 10th annual Coursera Conference last week that it was introducing six new professional ...
- Massive open online courses (MOOCs)on November 16, 2021 at 8:19 pm
Our massive open online courses – or MOOCs – bring The University of Manchester's teaching to a global audience. All you need to undertake a MOOC is an internet connection. Unlike other courses, they ...
- Open online courses or MOOCson March 11, 2021 at 2:20 am
The acronym MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. Therefore, MOOCs are online courses which are open for everyone without limiting the number of students. MOOCs are typically available for a ...
The Latest Google Headlines on:
Massive online open course
[google_news title=”” keyword=”massive online open course” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]