Eternal students who find themselves unable to attend traditional university classes may wish to consider the offerings of Class Central, a free, online project offered by Stanford's Coursera, MIT and Harvard led edX (MITx + Harvardx), and Udacity.

Upcoming courses, which begin May 18, 2012, include:

A History of the World since 1300 taught by Jeremy Adelman which begins September 17, 2012.

Description:

This course will examine the ways in which the world has grown more integrated yet more divided over the past 700 years.