Stanford Classes on the Internet

Stanford Engineering Everywhere is a great thing.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere

Currently, there are 10 classes one may take online for free from Stanford. Now, these classes are not for credit but the material is given out for free. The classes range from Intro to Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Electrical Engineering. The only class that requires no prerequisites is the Introduction to Computer Science class. This class introduces java, object oriented design and was designed to appeal to social scientists as well as computer scientist majors. The introduction to robotics class requires matrix algebra. The other classes usually require that you know some math and some programming already. Each class comes with lectures, video, assignments, and handouts.

This is just an amazing offering from Stanford. The content is protected under the Creative Commons License so content can be reused in non-commercial offerings.

This project is being funded by Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley. Sequoia is a venture capital firm.

There is no communication between the professors and you as you are reading the material so you would need to find another outlet for questions on the material.

Lastly, they are thinking of putting more classes online depending on the success of this pilot program.

Wow. This is great.

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