Globalclassroom.us - Take, Host, Create Online Courses

GlobalClassroom is the ultimate portal for online learning and it provides all the tools required for taking, hosting and creating classes online. The portal is free for teachers and students alike. GlobalClassroom provides the platform for class design from K-12 to post grad and it allows teachers to create their own dynamic content online. The portal also acts as a social network for students, teachers and adult learners who want access to top educators across the globe. Students are provided with an online portfolio that allows them to view their current credits, documentation and accomplishments. Also offered are development courses for teachers, allowing them to recertify themselves, a tech center for students of technology, a business center and an adult learning center focused on professional development.

“GlobalClassroom was created in partnership with professors, teachers and subject-matter experts from accredited universities and schools. We are developing an online learning center to provide K12 students, teachers and adult learners with access to top educators nationwide. Global Classroom’s instructional designers, technology staff, and educators convert successful classroom-based courses into effective online classes, meeting the educational requirements of today’s students.”

e-Learning is definitely the future for education and GlobalClassroom appears well set up to become a major player in this space. They’ve already signed up close to 3,000 teachers and this number should begin to multiply over the coming months.

If this service is entirely free, where is the catch? Does there business model have anything to do with targeting advertisements based on the types of classes that people take?