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 . Participants will be shown what societal applications can be gained from this research, such as advances in medical imaging, image recognition, nuclear energy, and supercomputing. 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 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 … ”