by Katherine DeClerq — Canadian University Press
Post-secondary education has taken a new technological twist with the introduction of Coursera, a U.S. company that offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) — basically free and interactive online classes. Established in July of 2012, Coursera already has 650,000 students enrolled from 190 countries around the world. The University of Toronto was one of the first three international institutions to partner with Coursera, providing three MOOCs within the Faculty of Arts and Science, specifically through the Department of Computer Sciences. Coursera is also being used as part of a pilot project to create inverted learning — a form of teaching that combines online elements into lecture-style classrooms.
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