Steven Leckart shows his excitements about the online Artificial
Intelligence course offered by Stanford in his article on Wired. The class was
taken by Professor Sebastian Thrun of Stanford University, one of the leading people
in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Many students do not get the
chance to be admitted in a university. Even if some of them get the chance, may be the quality
of the offered courses are not up to the mark. Online courses now make it possible for everyone all over the world to register for courses
offered by the best universities, mostly for free. In my opinion the first major advantage of online courses is that the high quality courses are now accessible by
anyone anywhere, and free. It is very convenient for someone who misses the chance of
pursuing higher education due to the financial weakness. One can now register
for a course of his/her choice. For most of the courses, the class hours are
flexible. This flexible timing is very helpful for those who work. Also the
online assessment quizzes help the student to evaluate himself.
Lack of interaction between the
instruction and the student is one of the main limitations of the online
courses. Sometimes students need to submit his/her questions online and then need
to wait for the instructor to respond to the questions. Also the chances of
class discussions are very limited here. Although there are some scopes of
improvements, online courses offered by the Universities are a good opportunity
for peoples who want to learn.
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