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6 Reasons for not Completing an Online Course

A broken down car can lead to difficulties studying.

Have you started an online course (or perhaps more than one) but a few weeks later it has come to a complete halt?

There could be a number of reasons for this and also several strategies to overcome the block. You need to look at your individual situation before deciding the best way forward. Continue reading →

Make the Most of Learning Later in Life

Learning Later in Life

When I retired from paid work in 2012, I thought I would be doing plenty of gardening, some handcrafts and reading. I also had visions of my house sparkling and tidy.

Five years on, most of the garden is again a wilderness and craft time is limited to crochet in front of the television in the evenings. As for that clean and tidy house, the less said, the better. Instead, I have spent many retirement hours completing 90 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and setting up my own blog. Continue reading →

How to Succeed in a Self-Paced Course

 

No deadlines

By Pat Bowden, published November 7, 2017.

In the last three months, 560 free online courses have been released from more than 200 universities. They cover a wide range of subjects and although most are in English, several other languages are also represented. Most are self-paced courses. Continue reading →