Coursera (2012) Coursera hits 1 million students across 196 countries Coursera Blog, August 9
As of August 9th, 2012:
- 16 participating universities (Stanford,Washington, UC San Francisco, CalTech, Michigan, Illinois, Toronto, Duke, Rice, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Pennsylvania, John Hopkins, Princeton, Edinburgh, and Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne
- 116 courses, all online
- 1,000 plus videos
- 1 million sign-ons
- 38% (380,000) in USA
- 6% (60,000) Brazil
- 5% (50,000) India
- 4% (40,000 each) China, Canada, Great Britain
- cost: free
- completion rates (successful award of certificate): not published and too early to calculate for most courses but:
- less than 10% on pilot courses,
- possibly as many as 100,000 certificates will be awarded within six months.
- quality assurance: none to date other than prestige of institution/instructors
I hope Coursera will publish similar updates at regular intervals and at the latest by August, 2013.
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
