More than 70 “ world - class ” physicists have developed the first MOOC ( Massive Open Online Course ) from new institution Université Paris - Saclay . The course is designed to explore the universe at its most extreme scales ; from galaxies to galaxies . Université Paris - Saclay , was established by 19 of France ’s biggest universities in science , engineering , business and technology , and includes the French National Centre for Scientific Research and top - ranked engineering school École Polytechnique . Course coordinator and physicist , Frédéric Déliot , said : “ 70 physicists working on one MOOC is unusual – coordinating them is tough – but this is one of the first times that we ’ve done a common course under the name of the new university … ”
More than 70 “world-class” physicists have developed the first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) from new institution Université Paris-Saclay. The course is designed to explore the universe at its most extreme scales; from particles to stars. Université Paris-Saclay, was established by 19 of France’s biggest names in science, engineering, business and humanities, and includes the French National Centre for Scientific Research and top-ranked engineering school École Polytechnique. Course coordinator and physicist, Frédéric Déliot, said: “70 physicists working on one MOOC is unusual – coordinating them is tough – but this is one of the first times that we’ve had a common project under the name of the new university…”