ASU will set up free non-credit courses

ASU will set up free no-credit courses. Harvard has opened it, Stanford and Duke have also opened it, and the state's ASU and SCC have finally followed suit by offering free, no-credit courses...

> Harvard has opened it, Stanford and Duke have also opened it, and the state's ASU and SCC have finally followed suit by offering free, no-credit courses.

In recent years, massive open online courses have received a lot of attention. More than 20 universities across the country have opened free online courses, mainly for adult re-education. Private companies are also interested in this platform and hope to get a piece of the pie. People can now choose from dozens of free courses online, ranging from algebra to astronomy to financial statistics. Harvard has a computer science course and Stanford has an algorithm design course, and these courses usually only take a few weeks to complete.

Scorsdale Community College (SCC), one of Maricopa County’s community colleges, will offer basic math courses online starting next February. ASU's free online courses were originally scheduled to launch in August. Although they have been delayed for various reasons, they are inevitable.

Other colleges and universities in the state, UA offers some courses on iTunes, NAU and UA administration have not decided when to start free online courses.

Some experts predict that free, non-credit online courses will become more and more popular. Of course, there are some colleges and universities that are not interested in this trend, such as the University of Southern California.