Imperial Announces Machine Learning Online Master’s on Coursera
Today, Imperial College London announced it will be launching an online master’s degree in machine learning. The program will be offered on Coursera and will welcome its first learners cohort in fall 2020. Imperial is ranked among the world’s top ten universities by QS and Times Higher Education. The degree will be the second offered…
Boston University Announces Online MBA on edX
Earlier this week, Boston University’s Questrom School of Business announced it will be launching an online MBA on edX. The new program will be the 10th MOOC-based master’s degree offered on edX and will receive its first student cohort in fall 2020. (For a complete list of rigorous online degrees, head to our article 35+…
MOOCWatch 20: Coursera’s Acquisition; Udacity’s New CEO; Top 100 MOOCs of All Time
With many MOOC stories focussing on careers, this article written by a professor at Tsinghua University is a reminder that MOOCs can fill different roles in people’s lives. Even with the limitations of Google Translate, it’s an interesting read. Thanks to our newest team member Rui from China for this link. While MOOCs are often…
Coursera and Uniandes Announce Software Engineering Master: the First MOOC-Based Degree Taught in Spanish
Uniandes Campus (Bogota, Colombia) Coursera is working with the University of Los Andes (Colombia), or Uniandes for short, to develop an online master’s degree in software engineering. Applications are set to open in Summer 2020, and the program is set to start the following year. Uniandes is a top-10 ranked university in Latin America, according…
MOOC-Based iMBA to Replace On-Campus MBA
On Friday, the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign announced that it will be ending its on-campus MBA programs in favor of its MOOC-based iMBA and other similar degree programs. The iMBA, which the University of Illinois delivers in partnership with Coursera, was announced in 2015 and began accepting students in…
Coursera News: First Acquisition, Degrees from Russia and Colombia, New Campus Program, and More
Over the last two months, Coursera, the world’s leading MOOC platform — with its over 44 million users, 3,700 online courses, and 16 online degrees — made five important announcements: First Acquisition: Coursera acquired Rhyme, a startup dedicated to creating authoring tools for hands-on, online projects. New Online Degrees: Coursera announced two MOOC-based degrees: Uniandes…
University of Glasgow Set to Launch Online Master’s in End of Life Studies on...
University of Glasgow — Dumfries Rural Campus The University of Glasgow has announced that it will be launching an online master’s degree in end of life studies on FutureLearn, the leading European MOOC platform. The degree is currently in development and is set to receive its first student cohort in September 2020. A three-week taster…
