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Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs (Part 2)

Yes, I want to talk about MOOCs again. In the first post, we talked about options for taking Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, including the different platforms that host them, the wide variety of class topics, and potential associated costs. This time, I want to talk a little bit more about the best waysContinue reading “Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs (Part 2)”

MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the Fourth)

Today, we’re going to start by tackling… The Tower of Hanoi. *Cue ominous music and lightning flashes* Kind of like the Einstein’s Zebra puzzle we talked about way back when, I think this one is pretty common. I believe the first time I encountered it was in listening to an audiobook (don’t ask me whichContinue reading “MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the Fourth)”

MOOC: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving (Part I)

The course topic looks familiar, I know. But this course, hosted on edX rather than Coursera, is more focused on the cerebral, as far as I can tell, which is good. I started going through this one yesterday and it really interests me. A big part of ‘why,’ I’d wager, has to do with theContinue reading “MOOC: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving (Part I)”

MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the First)

I’ve signed up for a class in Coursera called Methods for Solving Problems (I’m not sure if that will resolve to the course page or not, since I’m “enrolled” and you may not be. But that’s the course name, so a simple search should get you there if this doesn’t. I tried.). I came acrossContinue reading “MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the First)”

Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs

When MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses to the anti-acronym/initialism crowd (I’m right there with you, fam), first became a thing, it was a miraculous new world of opportunity. “You mean I can get a college education FOR FREE?!” As my in-laws in North Dakota might say, “You betcha.” It was a brave, new, cost-effectiveContinue reading “Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs”