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Â鶹ÊÓƵx offers 16 online courses.
Â鶹ÊÓƵx offers 16 online courses.
4 July 2016

More than a million people are eager to learn from University of Queensland experts, with the Â鶹ÊÓƵx  Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) program accepting its millionth enrolment at the weekend.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ runs 16 MOOCs through its Â鶹ÊÓƵx program, a service that offers free online university courses to anyone with access to the internet.

Â鶹ÊÓƵx Director John Zornig said Â鶹ÊÓƵx released its first MOOC, , in March 2014.

“To grow at this rate – reaching more than one million students in less than two and half years – demonstrates the quality of our courses and the desire our international audience has to learn,” he said.

“We’ve gone from one course to 16, covering off on topics such as hypersonics, critical thinking, climate science and anthropology.

“Â鶹ÊÓƵx is also responsible for the world’s first online course designed to improve healthcare for people with an , as well as our incredibly , which has attracted more than 270,000 enrolments

“Our , which helps non-native English speakers around the world kick-start their university education has attracted more than 200,000 learners in less than a year.”

“We have many more courses planned, and look forward to sharing Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s academic and research excellence with the world.”

Mr Zornig said the MOOCs were not only benefitting online users.

“Every Â鶹ÊÓƵx MOOC is used in some way in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s on-campus teaching, and the focus at Â鶹ÊÓƵx has increasingly turned to enhancing on-campus programs,” he said.

Â鶹ÊÓƵx’s MOOCs enrolments to date:

Course

Released

Enrolments to 02/07/16

The Science of Everyday Thinking

02/03/14

259,711

Introduction to Biomedical Imaging

07/04/14

37,605

Hypersonics – from Shock Waves to Scramjets

06/04/14

17,965

Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

28/04/14

22,762

Anthropology of Current World Issues

25/08/14

30,704

English Grammar and Style

22/09/14

279,847

The Psychology of Criminal Justice

20/10/14

40,448

Making Sense of Climate Science Denial

28/04/15

26,101

Philosophy and Critical Thinking

24/11/15

26,374

IELTS Academic Test Preparation

27/11/15

205,947

Unlocking Your Employability

28/01/16

17,914

Working in Teams: A Practical Guide

14/03/16

7,147

AbleX Series: Intellectual Disability Healthcare

21/03/16

4,562

Sharks! Global Biodiversity, Biology, and Conservation

28/06/16

18,331

Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life

12/07/16

4,959

to register for a Â鶹ÊÓƵx MOOC on .

Media: Catherine Bennett, c.bennett1@uq.edu.au , +61 7 3346 0850.