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MOOC Platform Stanford Online

140+ free online courses taught by Stanford faculty

General Information

Best for
Professionals, Higher Education Students, General Interest
Subjects
Business & Management, Continuing Medical Education, Education, Engineering & Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, Environment & Energy, Humanities, Mathematics, Medicine & Health, Natural and Social Sciences
Type of learning
Professional, Academic, General Interest
Course type
Lecture videos, interactive exercises and quizzes, assignments and exams
Languages
English
Certification
Statements of Accomplishment
Learning pathways
No
Mobile Apps
No
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Stanford Online is a website offering 100+ free online courses taught by Stanford faculty to lifelong learners worldwide. The site offers both scheduled and self-paced courses categorised into 10 subject areas and offered through a number of different platforms, including Coursera, NovoEd and Stanford’s own open-source platform, Stanford OpenEdX. Depending on the course format, courses include lecture videos, interactive exercises and quizzes, assignments and exams. Some courses offer a statement of accomplishment on completion of the course.

Users can search by topic, platform and course status (In session, Upcoming, Self-paced etc). Students access the courses via the course page which generally gives a course overview, syllabus, instructor bio and a FAQ section.

No registration is required to use the website, although users will have to register on the platform hosting the course. Stanford Online open courses do not award degrees.

Tools & Features
  • 100+ free scheduled & self-paced courses
  • Lecture videos, interactive exercises and quizzes, assignments and exams
  • News &Events

Course Info

Course Cost
Free Courses
Skill Type
  1. Academic
  2. Business Skills
  3. Technical Skills
Course Type
  1. MOOCs
Course Format
  1. Scheduled
  2. On-Demand
Course Language
  1. English
Credentials
  1. Free Course Certificates

Latest reviews

Number of courses
4.00 star(s)
Partner Institutions
5.00 star(s)
Course format
4.00 star(s)
Materials
4.00 star(s)
Instruction
4.00 star(s)
Assessment
4.00 star(s)
Accreditation
3.00 star(s)
Social tools & features
2.00 star(s)
Interface usability
3.00 star(s)
Pros: A large library of high quality courses
Courses taught by top professors
Courses offering a variety of assessment tools
Courses hosted on high quality platforms(Coursera, NovoEd, StanfordEdX)
Cons: The courses are hosted on several different platforms
The Stanford Online website itself does not provide any social tools for interaction
Site navigation can be confusing
Stanford Online is really just a portal to access the university's open and free courses which are hosted on other platforms. It allows users who are interested in Stanford's offerings to browse all their online courses in one place and keep up to date on news & events regarding the institution.

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