For all those who are a beginner to online courses, here are a few guidelines:
Certificates:
There are different kinds of recognitions you can get via online courses:
- Honor Code Certificate : This is the recognition you will get if you do the course in a prescribed time limit and receive a passing grade. The best thing about these is that they are absolutely free!!!!!!!
- Verified Certificates : These are the ones you get after paying a minimum fee of $50 and the best part is that in this your Identity is verified by the respective university, so you can show this to your employer also. So maybe in something less than a 1000$ you can pull off a degree from all the Ivy's; a feat which no one has done yet; why not try?
More questions or doubts?
Use this FAQ to get your answers
1. Where to take these courses?
2. Aren't there too many?
3. How demanding they are in terms of time and money?
4. Are the times fixed for videos?
5. Can I retake the course?
6. Can I enroll a course in the middle of its offering period?
7. What is Archived course?
8. Do I get a hard copy of my certificate?
9. Can I take the course exams before the specified time?
10. Are the exams timed?
- You can take these courses online on many Online Course websites like Edx, Coursera, Stanford Online or others.
2. Aren't there too many?
- Yes, there are loads of them, that is why we have compiled a list of them for you. You can also contribute by posting your valuable suggestions on Our Facebook Page
3. How demanding they are in terms of time and money?
- Depends how much time you want to devote to them. If you just want to learn you can just audit the course, or try a bit more harder for a certificate. But it will be easier than taking similar course in a university.
4. Are the times fixed for videos?
- No, you can watch videos at your leisure
5. Can I retake the course?
- Yes, you can and no penalty unlike the universities.
6. Can I enroll a course in the middle of its offering period?
- Yes you can but you may not be able to able to get a certificate if you missed lot of home works
7. What is Archived course?
- Once you have taken a course and it has concluded it will remain as an archived course for you so that you may look at it again in future if you want.
8. Do I get a hard copy of my certificate?
- No currently they offer only a soft copy certificate.
9. Can I take the course exams before the specified time?
- Usually there is a flexible one week deadline to finish exams.
10. Are the exams timed?
- Usually the exams do not have a time duration; but there is a deadline to complete it in order to get a certificate.