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Technological advances have made it possible for universities to deliver online courses to almost anyone anywhere in the world. Nothing new, but what is new is top universities like Harvard, MIT, Oxford and Stanford are now jumping on the bandwagon. These ivy league institutions are offering some of their courses online for FREE. I repeat, FREE!
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If you have grandchildren of kindergarten, primary or high school age, there are free online courses for them too. One that I highly recommend is The Khan Academy. There are close to 2500 videos on subjects such as arithmetic, algebra, physics, chemistry, biology, finance, history and computer science in their online library delivered via YouTube. I checked out Basic Addition and was so impressed by what I viewed.
If your 5-year old grandson can’t sit still to watch this 7+ minute video, you might want to watch it yourself and teach him basic addition using these creative approaches. There are 40 videos in this section covering all levels of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You choose the level that’s most appropriate for your grandchild.
Thanks to rapid increase in the availability of high-bandwidth Internet service plus interactive software, education can be brought to the masses, regardless of their geographical distance. And now with so much free stuff online, lack of money is no longer a barrier to acquiring knowledge. The educational divide between rural and urban students will disappear in the near future. For developing countries, the government must set up the infrastructure necessary to ensure that no one is left behind in the pursuit of a good education.
That's a great news, now every one have a chance to get learn the thinks at Harward, MIT, Oxford etc… at free of cost online. really impressive move by those institutions.