Edx - An Educative Online Program

Hello peeps. It would be bad of me to keep this in
and not share it, i came across the great website
through a colleague, he adviced me to check out the
site instead of browsing the internet, chatting,
facebooking and practically doing nothing
meaningful.
What is edX?
EdX is a massive open online course (MOOC)
provider and online learning platform. It hosts online
university-level courses in a wide range of
disciplines to a worldwide audience at no charge. It
also conducts research into learning based on how
people use its platform. EdX differs from other
MOOC platforms, such Coursera and Udacity, in that
it is nonprofit and runs on an open-source software
platform.
EdX was founded by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Harvard University in May 2012.
There are currently 56 schools, nonprofits,
corporations, and international organizations that
offer or plan to offer courses on the edX website. As
of 22 July 2014, edX has more than 2.5 million users
taking over 240 courses online.
EdX courses consist of weekly learning sequences.
Each learning sequence is composed of short (an
average of 10 minutes each) videos interspersed
with interactive learning exercises where students
can immediately practice the concepts from the
videos. The courses often include tutorial videos
that are similar to small on-campus discussion
groups, an online textbook, and an online discussion
forum where students can post and review
questions and comments to each other and
teaching assistants. Where applicable, online
laboratories are incorporated into the course. For
example, in edX's first MOOC—a circuits and
electronics course—students built virtual circuits in
an online lab.
EdX offers certificates of successful completion, but
does not offer course credit. Whether or not a
college or university offers credit for an online
course is within the sole discretion of the school.
EdX offers a variety of ways to take courses,
including verified courses where students have the
option to audit the course (no cost) or to work
toward an edX verified certificate (fees vary by
course), honor code courses where students can
either audit (no cost) or work toward an honor code
certificate (no cost). In addition, in the fall of 2013,
edX launched a pilot project to offer a special
certificate in a subject area (called "XSeries
Certificate" after completing a bundled set of 3-4
verified courses in that subject (cost varies
depending on the courses).
Culled from Wikipedia
Advantages
Apart from the numerous advantages cited above,
from my own perspective I see this as a very
wonderful setup, it's free, consist of lot of courses
across all the fields of life.
The course content is given at the beginning of the
week, you have videos and handout to support what
you are being taught, you can even download the
resources and that can be added to your personal
library.
And then there are quizzes and tests at a particular
time and you have the exam.
It will be an added advantage to you as you have
more educational qualifications to yourself and it
also shows you make use of your free time wisely.
It's free, you can access the website anytime you
like within the week, they are being partnered by
top world-class universities like Harvard
University, MIT.
This and lot more. Try it out and you won't regret it.
Website
https://www.edx.org/
“The more that you read, the more things you will
know. The more that you learn, the more places
you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss,
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more
certain I am that I know nothing.”
― Voltaire
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of
education there is.”
― Isaac Asimov