When I visited the Khan Academy site I definitely saw it as something I would use myself, the videos were easy to follow along with and there were so many different areas of learning. I also believe this is something my students could use because it would give them the individual attention a teacher can't always provide. They also have a ton of different areas that could help the student. After watching some of the videos I thought they were well put together and easy to follow along with and learn from. I even used some of these videos while in high school and college to help me with my math homework. I do believe that Salman Khan was right when he said that in the future we will rely more on "credentialing" through the use of online courses. I believe that this style of education makes learning more accessible for more students because they can just pop online at anytime and get to learning whereas it used to be that the student would have to wait to go to school or go to a library and find material.
When I explore the coursera course offerings I think the course on "Game Theory" is the most interesting. Columbus State does accept coursera transfer credits. Coursera classes do seem to be more more challenging or interesting to me because I know that through coursera that classes are coming from universities that are held in a very high regard and the professors teaching the class are very qualified. I don't think MOOC's are the wave of the future. I think that MOOCs might change the way a student like me would receive their education is by allowing me to learn wherever I may be. I could be anywhere with an internet connection and learn instead of having to go travel to a certain classroom to receive my education.
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