MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
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MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
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Re: MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
#2Very cool!
The lecturer seems like a nice guy +into the subject, the videos looked entertaining (not just someone speaking), they have a very free textbook with lots of examples AND, perhaps best of all, they are using the khan-exercises framework for the exercises.
It is interesting that they use coursera credentials for the login but they don't seem to be part of coursera per se.
Re: MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
#3I started this course today (through Coursera) and so far it's great. Looks like they're using the Khan Academy software for the practice exercises and the videos are excellent. The instructor is high-energy and sort of eccentric and it's a real hoot watching at 1.25x speed. My only gripe is the textbook: it looks slick, but the weird Greek letters start on the first page and the prose is...laconic. The rest of the course materials seem geared specifically towards totally green beginners; the style of the textbook is a little divergent.
Re: MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
#4I started this course today (through Coursera) and so far it's great. Looks like they're using the Khan Academy software for the practice exercises and the videos are excellent. The instructor is high-energy and sort of eccentric and it's a real hoot watching at 1.25x speed. My only gripe is the textbook: it looks slick, but the weird Greek letters start on the first page and the prose is...laconic. The rest of the c…
I agree this calculus textbook reads more like an introduction to analysis textbook for sophomore/junior level mathematics majors. Complete with problems one step away from asking your to write proofs for the problem solutions.
While I can't wait until some higher level math is available online. I don't think that's what they're going for here.
Re: MOOCulus - Massive Online Open Calculus
#5I wish this was available when I took calculus in the previous semester. Looks pretty good, the instructor looks motivated as well.