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The website offers dozens of free, self-paced tutorials in technology, Microsoft Office, work and career, reading, math, and everyday life. [3] [4] All tutorials can be accessed with no registration required, but users can also create a free edu.GCFGlobal.org account to track their learning history and create transcripts of completed tutorials. [5]
DeepFace is a deep learning facial recognition system created by a research group at Facebook.It identifies human faces in digital images. The program employs a nine-layer neural network with over 120 million connection weights and was trained on four million images uploaded by Facebook users.
Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile [122] through privacy settings. [123] The user's name and profile picture (if applicable) are public. Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.
In Dec 2022, Brilliant acquired Hellosaurus, a software and entertainment company that distributes interactive programming for kids from various children's creators like The Wiggles, Kids Diana, etc. CEO Sue Khim said the acquisition will help Brilliant accelerate its mission towards active learning.
OpenLearn is an educational website. It is the UK's Open University's contribution to the open educational resources (OER) project and the home of free, open learning from The Open University. [5] The original project was part-funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. [6] OpenLearn is a member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC). [7]
The "ocw.um.ac.ir (Persian: سامانه فیلم های آموزشی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)" is an online educational platform in Iran which provides free online courses from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in Iran. The motto of the ocw.um.ac.ir is "Making Accessible Excellent High Quality Education For Every Iranian for Free".
The platform allows registered users to access digitally-based education and skills training for free. [7] Alison's income is generated through advertising and the sale of certificates. [ 14 ] According to The Economist , the company seeks to drive education through advertising in the manner of television and radio.
Although many MOOC's have free enrolment, the costs of acquiring a certification may be a barrier. Many open education institutes offer free certification schemes accredited by organizations like UKAS in the UK and ANAB in the United States; others offer a badge. Open education and flexible learning