MOOC SMAC
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| The course videos were viewed 250,000 times, thousands of homeworks were handed in, and there were about 5200 (!) entries on the forum that were viewed far more than 120,000 times, all of this of course for free. | The course videos were viewed 250,000 times, thousands of homeworks were handed in, and there were about 5200 (!) entries on the forum that were viewed far more than 120,000 times, all of this of course for free. | ||
| - | The story of our MOOC was written up in an [[Krauth_2014| editorial "Coming home from a MOOC"]] | + | The story of our MOOC was written up in an [[Krauth_2014| editorial "Coming home from a MOOC"]] for "Computing in Science & Engineering" (2015). |
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| [[Image:POSTER Statistical Mechanics 2015.jpg|left|frame|Announcement poster of SMAC2015 [http://www.lps.ens.fr/%7Ekrauth/images/3/34/POSTER_Statistical_Mechanics_2015_.pdf Click here for a High-definition version]]] | [[Image:POSTER Statistical Mechanics 2015.jpg|left|frame|Announcement poster of SMAC2015 [http://www.lps.ens.fr/%7Ekrauth/images/3/34/POSTER_Statistical_Mechanics_2015_.pdf Click here for a High-definition version]]] | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 31 March 2015
2014 Edition
The Massive open online course (MOOC) on Coursera: Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations, that started on February 3rd, 2014, and drew 30,000 registered students, is now finished. The last of the ten courses was published on April 13, 2014, and the final exam ran until 14 May, 2014. The course videos were viewed 250,000 times, thousands of homeworks were handed in, and there were about 5200 (!) entries on the forum that were viewed far more than 120,000 times, all of this of course for free.
The story of our MOOC was written up in an editorial "Coming home from a MOOC" for "Computing in Science & Engineering" (2015).
2015 Edition
The 2nd edition of the Massive open online course (MOOC) on Coursera: Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations will start on February 2nd, 2015.
