Rice joining other elite schools offering free online courses

<p>"Rice University is going global by participating in a groundbreaking experiment that offers free online courses to people from around the world.</p>

<p>University officials announced on Tuesday that Rice is a new partner with Coursera, the first education platform to host content from multiple top research universities at one website. The courses don't provide credit toward a degree.</p>

<p>No applications are needed. Anyone with a computer and Internet connection can enroll. ..."</p>

<p>Rice</a> joining other elite schools offering free online courses - Houston Chronicle</p>

<p>So I don’t fully understand. We can use the video lectures as a substitute of attending the class?</p>

<p>These will be non-credit, non-transferable courses. They issue certificates of completion but the content can’t be used to get a degree.</p>

<p>Hutch teaching a free chemistry course online is wonderful.</p>