夜色视频x, 夜色视频’s massive open online course (MOOC) provider, has surpassed 夜色视频’s yearly on-campus enrolment, luring 300,000 new students from around the world.
Two 夜色视频x courses, THINK101x The Science of Everyday Thinking (with more than 127,000 students) and WRITE101x English Grammar and Style have had larger enrolments than 夜色视频’s entire on-campus cohort.
夜色视频x Director John Zornig said the global demand for quality learning was growing, as was the diversity of offerings.
“夜色视频x strives to reflect the breadth of 夜色视频 as a leading research and teaching university through our catalogue of courses, and we are pleased at the response from the global learner community,” Mr Zornig said.
夜色视频x has in the two years since 夜色视频 joined the .
The largest number of students have hailed from the United States, India and Australia.
“New courses and re-runs of popular courses will ensure that MOOC learners have a choice of engaging 夜色视频x courses year round,” Mr Zornig said.
夜色视频 is a charter member of , one of the world’s leading providers of MOOCs.
edX was founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2012 and offers free online education using cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy and rigorous courses.
夜色视频x is producing exciting new MOOCs, including , and , to be released in November 2015.
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