edX部分课程可在亚马逊商城(美国)购买

原作者:Dhawal Shah

edX试水一种新潜在的收入来源,亚马逊加强其对在线学习领域的涉足。

世界第二大MOOC供应商edX已经将部分课程在全球最大的互联网零售商——亚马逊上架。截至目前,edX已经在亚马逊上架了十三门课程,价格从49美元到499美元不等,课程形式多样:部分由高校(如密歇根大学、清华大学)承担教学,其它则由企业(如微软、Linux基金会)来承担。

顾客在亚马逊购买课程后将会收到一个可以在edX使用的验证码。

How to Access Your Courses on Amazon

edX Amazon What You GetedX在亚马逊上架的大多数课程内容在edX上通常是可以免费获取的。顾客在亚马逊上其实是为认证证书买单,但亚马逊在商品描述中没有表明这些课程实际上是免费的。

由于edX只上架了几门课程,看起来到目前为止只是在试水,但它所获得的好处是显而易见的:向数亿亚马逊用户推广其课程,这很可能带来潜在收入。

从亚马逊的角度来看,它似乎正在逐步建立一个在线教育商城,至少在其美国官网上是如此。去年,亚马逊宣布与The Great Courses建立合作,通过订阅亚马逊 Prime,用户可以直接访问The Great Courses的”精品系列”课程。

目前,亚马逊上有7000多门”教育类课程”可供挑选,点此获取详细信息。

以下是edX在亚马逊上架的课程名称及价格:

  1. Introduction to R, from Microsoft — $49
  2. Chinese Language: Learn Basic Mandarin — $49
  3. Learn Spanish: Basic Spanish for English Speakers, from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia — $49
  4. Programming with C#, from Microsoft — $90
  5. Conversational English Skills, from Tsinghua University — $49
  6. Essentials of Linux Systems Administration, from Linux Foundation — $499
  7. Introduction to Linux, from Linux Foundation — $99.99
  8. Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making, from University of Michigan — $49
  9. IELTS Academic Test Preparation, from University of Queensland — $99
  10. AP Macroeconomics Challenging Concepts, from Davidson College — $49
  11. World of Wine: From Grape to Glass, from University of Adelaide — currently unavailable
  12. The Road to Selective College Admissions, from St. Margaret’s Episcopal School — currently unavailable
  13. Introduction to Programming with Java, Part 1: Starting to Code in Java — currently unavailable

张雯、卢欣宇,编译自:You Can Now Purchase edX Courses on Amazon.com 2017-2-13. 

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