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Tag Archives: Choosing a MOOC
What is Open2Study?
Although several big companies dominate the online course market, some smaller providers also offer courses. Open2Study is based in Australia and features 49 free courses in a range of subjects. Continue reading
6 Photography and Film Making Courses
Memories of my grandfather are indelibly linked with cameras and photos. Continue reading
What is a Mind? A Review of the Course
Having completed several courses on the brain and learning, I thought a course about the mind would be interesting. The blurb from FutureLearn looked promising, too Continue reading
A Beginner’s Guide to MOOCs
In 2008, a course was made available to students both on-campus at the University of Manitoba and online. Some people consider this the first MOOC. Continue reading
Extinctions Past and Present: a Review of the Course
Regular readers may already know that I have an interest in the natural world and how living things interact with each other ecologically, both now and in the past. Because of this, I was keen to join the Extinctions: Past and Present course offered through FutureLearn. The next run of this course will start on April 30, 2018. Continue reading
How to Make the Most of Class Central
Readers of past posts here on Online Learning Success may have seen the links to my in-depth course reviews on Class Central, which is a search engine and review site for online courses popularly known as MOOCs Continue reading
Do You Want to Become a Better Writer?
Do you want to become a better writer? Try an online course.
Just as there are many forms and styles of writing, there are also many courses on different aspects of language and writing: fiction for adults and children, writing for the internet, script making for films, academic writing plus more. Continue reading
Moons: a Review of the Course
Are you old enough to have seen the first Moon landing in 1969? I was crowded into my school library with more than a hundred excited schoolmates to watch the flickering images on the television. Continue reading
12 of My Favourite Courses
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One survey respondent asked for a list of my favourite courses. Continue reading