Online Education

I recently posted an entry outlining some free math textbooks for an undergraduate math refresher for new students getting ready to start their first semester of college. For those wanting a bit more, MIT is offering a few 100% free math courses on their OpenCourseWare platform. Each of these classes includes syllabus, calender, lecture notes, assignments, and even exams to evaluate what you learned.

MIT is providing all of this for free of charge. Each of these listed includes everything you need to pass the course just as the students who originally took them did.

1. Algebra I
2. Algebra II
3. Linear Algebra
4. Linear Algebra

I would love to hear from anyone who decides to follow one of these courses. I plan to start running a calendar for Algebra I-II  here on the blog for anyone who wishes to participate.

One of the topics I wanted to cover here was new students entering college. It’s a tough time for us and with most students taking next to nothing of value their senior year, thats almost a year with no review of your math skills. I wanted to take the time to outline a few resources for reviewing your basic algebra skills before you take your placement tests.

1. College Algebra with Applications, 2e
2. Principles of Elem. Algebra with Applications,2e
3. Principles of Intermediate Algebra with App.,2e
4. A First Course in Linear Algebra

These are just a few resources to get you started. One of the sad things about public schools that I remember was not getting to keep my books. Who wouldn’t want to have such resources. Giving them back was always hard.