Udacity helps you study anywhere with new iOS apps

Udacity is taking its free online courses to your mobile iOS devices with its new iPhone and iPad apps. It gives you access to all the courses you've subscribed to as well as whatever topic you'd want to study in the future. You can sign up for new courses and get more information on the requirements of each class and whether you will receive a certification after finishing the course. You can view the lectures on your device as well and save them for offline viewing. The Udacity app is available for free download here.

Source: Lifehacker

Coursera debuts Android app

After debuting an iOS application over three months ago, Coursera has introduced an Android version. The online learning company aims to provide global access to free education. It made a data-light and user-friendly app to make sure it can be accessible to students who don’t have access to the latest smartphones or tablets.

The Android version looks similar to the iOS app and lets users enroll in over 600 courses from institutions such as Yale and Stanford, stream lectures, save lectures for offline viewing, and manage content on the app. Coursera for Android is available in 12 languages, including English, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese.

Source: The Next Web

Google partners with edX for new open source online learning platform

Google adds one more open source project to its list. Teaming up with MIT and Harvard’s educational site edX, Google’s launching a new online learning platform mid-2014 called mooc.org. It stands for “massive open online courses.” What differentiates it from edX is that it takes submitted from other universities, businesses, governments, and even individuals, whereas edX offers free courses just from affiliated institutions. No word yet on how courses are going to be screened or how contributors will earn money.