Free Online Courses

Well...

https://smceducation.com/free-mba/

 

Hmmm. OK, this outfit is accredited by Malta. A fair bit about their past, as an unaccredited, Cantonally Licensed Swiss School, here on DI. They say "no tuition, no upfront payment." Does that mean there's maybe a back-end payment, based on your income after graduation? They don't say. There's GOTTA be some hook, here.

I'm not really that curious, though. For the record, their Executive MBA costs 9,900 euro. I'm thinking, somehow or other, they get around the same amount for this "no tuition" deal. Guess I'll never know. G'night. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

First rule of MBA - There is no free lunch (except maybe Quantic U.)
Second Rule of MBA - If in doubt, refer to Rule 1.

 

Hook? Of course. These guys offered a free assoc. Degree in 2014 and after I enrolled out of morbid curiosity, they asked for money. I trust them as far as I can throw an elephant... But maybe someone wants to check if they improved since then?!

 

Not me. Somebody else. I've had 16-17 years of that grief here and over at DegreeDiscussion. You sleuth all night to determine facts about the school - then some wonk tells you you're full of it. Had enough.
@Mac Juli - Du bist dran, Mac. (Your turn.)

 

Me? Oh... *meep meep*

 

Organizationally - that's the key word. To me: one "outfit," consisting of, I think, three organizational bodies. SMC Business School, SMC University and SMC Education Group - run largely by the same people. They scratch each other's backs. More united than separate, methinks. I view the entire enterprise as a purpose-built, interlocking machine.

And any time I see alliances, cross-validations, triple awards etc. with a rather rough-hewn set of Mexican, Costa Rican and Nicaraguan universities ( @SteveFoerster I'll spare you the acronym that got you so upset last time) that offer somewhat specious degrees to foreigners offshore that they have no authority to award at home - that's a giant red flag. I see that, I perk up my horns and I'm off and running at Pamplona!

You may have guessed that I flat do not like this outfit - and their every word makes me suspicious. You'd be right.

 

Eva Longoria Bastón,
Helen Ibe (Nigerian musician)
Fahmi Qadir
My Dear Friends
And all the super-glamorous, nice women of DI.

 

Stumbled upon that one...

https://www.nonprofitready.org/courses

 

Good find! It appears to be a parallel set of offerings to the Disaster Ready courses, provided by the same parent foundation.

In case DR hasn't been brought up earlier in this thread:

https://www.disasterready.org/

 

Not for me, but well...

https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/free-online-programs/