“Students are clearly hungry to learn, and they’re particularly hungry for practically useful, scientifically based information told in a way that they can really get it.” Last week , the New York Times (NY Times ) reported that the world’s most popular online course is called Machine Learning , which is described as a general introduction to the art of learning, taught jointly by an educator and a neuroscientist. Offered by the University of California through Coursera , the course was ranked as the leading class by enrolment in a survey of the 1,192,697 largest online courses released earlier last month by MOOC website. According to the Online Course Report , 1,192,697 students have enrolled since the course was created last year , and completion rates have stood steadily at 10% , an impressive level in the MOOC world where most completion rates are under 10% .
Last week , the New York Times (NY Times ) reported that the world’s most popular online course is called Machine Learning , which is described as a general introduction to the art of learning, taught jointly by an educator and a neuroscientist. Offered by the University of California through Coursera , the course was ranked as the leading class by enrolment in a survey of the 1,192,697 largest online courses released earlier last month by MOOC website. According to the Online Course Report , 1,192,697 students have enrolled since the course was created last year , and completion rates have stood steadily at 10% , an impressive level in the MOOC world where most completion rates are under 10% .