November’s Essential Business MOOCs

Anne Arundel Community College

Business and Its Environment: An Overview of Business and the Role of Finance in Business

School: Open Education Consortium

Platform: EdX

Registration Link: Business and Its Environment: An Overview of Business and the Role of Finance in Business

Start Date: November 17, 2014 (4 Weeks Long)

Workload: 2-3 Hours Per Week

Instructor: Brandi Ulrich and Kipp Snow

Credentials:  Ulrich teaches business management, human resources and entrepreneurial courses at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. Stone is an instructional specialist in Anne Arundel’s Business Management and Entrepreneurial Studies department.

Graded: EdX makes numerous certifications available. Although students can simply audit the course, they can also earn honor code certificates (confirms you completed the course without verifying your name), verified certificates of achievement (includes your name and picture), and XSeries certificates (available when you complete a series of courses on a particular topic). The latter two certificates require a small fee.

Description: An introductory course, Business and Its Environment “provides the terminology and concepts of the functional areas of business, setting the foundation for interpreting and analyzing the legal, social and ethical issues facing business today.” It also covers the financial system, including financial statements and investment sources.

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