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[[Image:MOOC SMAC Studio.jpg|left|frame|In the ENS MOOC studio, with Michael Köpf, Alberto Rosso, Vivien Lecomte, and our camera woman, Emilie Noblet, all in front of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key green screen.]]] [[Image:MOOC SMAC Studio.jpg|left|frame|In the ENS MOOC studio, with Michael Köpf, Alberto Rosso, Vivien Lecomte, and our camera woman, Emilie Noblet, all in front of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key green screen.]]]
-The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course Massive open online course (MOOC)] on [https://www.coursera.org Coursera]: [https://www.coursera.org/course/smac 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 finishes on 14 May, 2014.+The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course Massive open online course (MOOC)] on [https://www.coursera.org Coursera]: [https://www.coursera.org/course/smac 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.
-It is up to this date that you can still register for the course and view videos (250,000 views so far), past homework exams, and also peruse the about 6000 (!) 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.
-Second edition of the MOOC Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations starting on 2 February 2015!+ 
 +The story of our MOOC was written up in an [[Krauth_2014| editorial "Coming home from a MOOC"]]
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 +=2015 Edition=
 +[[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]]]
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 +The 2nd edition of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course Massive open online course (MOOC)] on [https://www.coursera.org Coursera]: [https://www.coursera.org/course/smac Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations] will start on February 2nd, 2015.
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2014 Edition

In the ENS MOOC studio, with Michael Köpf, Alberto Rosso, Vivien Lecomte, and our camera woman, Emilie Noblet, all in front of the green screen.
In the ENS MOOC studio, with Michael Köpf, Alberto Rosso, Vivien Lecomte, and our camera woman, Emilie Noblet, all in front of the green screen.

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"


2015 Edition

Announcement poster of SMAC2015  Click here for a High-definition version
Announcement poster of SMAC2015 Click here for a High-definition version

The 2nd edition of the Massive open online course (MOOC) on Coursera: Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations will start on February 2nd, 2015.

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