Online courses such as “Understanding media through Google”, “Design thinking” and "Algorithms part 1", offered by renowned universities such as Stanford, Wharton, Columbia and Duke, are just some of the programs providing access to higher education for free. Yet most students drop out before course completion. Here are some helpful tips for leveraging these programs for your career and personal knowledge

1. How to make the most of higher
education’s free online courses
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2. Over 70,000 students a week join free online
education courses in subjects like
management, marketing and programming...
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3. Last month Coursera alone nabbed a $43M
World Bank investment and the American
Council on Education recently approved
some of its courses for credit.
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4. Even though online higher education sites are
heralding a huge transformation, most
students begin and don’t complete courses.
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5. So here are practical tips on making the
most of free and accessible higher
education, courtesy of Duke, Wharton,
Stanford and more….
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6. Tip #1: The introductory videos don’t
necessarily lead on to the course content; best
to give it a try before making conclusions.
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7. Tip #2: Try taking a course with a friend, or
even a study group to get each other
motivated
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8. Tip #3: Don’t assume there’s consistency
between classes; some courses won’t need
you to submit anything till the end, others
won’t pass you if you miss 30% of one week
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9. Tip #4: Learn your limits. Don’t enroll in
more than one course at a time, try out the
1st week and quit if it doesn’t appeal to you
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10. Tip #5: Although most courses don’t offer
accreditation, they show employees a personal
commitment to learning, so it’s important to
emphasize the merit
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11. Tip #6: Coursera can provide a structure for
producing portfolio items. Say you want a job
in advertising. Online courses can provide a
fake campaign framework and strategy.
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12. Tip #7: A highly recommended program for
marketing is Coursera’s Wharton marketing
course. It’s part of their MBA program and
focuses on branding, customer centricity and
new market entry
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