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Students can register for Boston University MOOCs through edXBoston University has opened registration for its first four MOOCs provided through edX, a non-profit online course provider. These courses are adapted forms of classes that were taught in the conventional classroom setting of the University and adapted to an innovative online format.
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Oscar Award Winner Edward Saxon teaches online"A Producer's Guide to Navigating Your Screenwriting Career" is an online course launched by The Writers Store (www.writersstore.com), a division of F+W Media. This course which is taught by Edward Saxon, producer of acclaimed films like Silence of the Lambs, Adaptation and Philadelphia, started on March 07, 2014.
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Oppia - An online learning interactive tool by GoogleOppia is an online and interactive tool developed by Google which will help students and teachers share their thoughts, learn and teach using the drag and drop objects feature, mapping, presentations and web based Google User Interface control with no coding. It does this by modeling a mentor who poses questions for the learner to answer.
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Solneri - A New Generation French MOOC Software SolutionA Company in France has developed Solerni, a platform to create and host Massive Open Online Courses. It is aimed at businesses of all sizes that want to design and publish MOOCs or any other type of online collaboration, notably for a francophone audience.
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India launches its first MOOC for professionalsNPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning), a joint initiative of various Indian institutes has launched its first Indian MOOC on "Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms". The courses are for a large number of participants sourced through internet, that use video, text material, problem sets and further provide an interactive platform for students, professors etc. The entire initiative is made so that students can get the chance to learn from the best professors.
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More than 70,000 sign up for a MOOC on PsychologyThe University of Queensland, Australia is launching its first MOOC "Think101x: The Science of Everyday Thinking" through edX. More than 70,000 students have enrolled in this psychology course which will explore everyday thinking.
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Google launches a MOOC on Data for general publicGoogle's MOOC "Making Sense of Data" runs from March 18, 2014 and is open to the general public. Like most MOOCs it will be taught through a series of video lectures, interactive projects, and the support of community TAs.
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First Hindi MOOC making an impact in IndiaAn Australian University is launching "Engaging Indians", a ten week MOOC course on edX on April 29, 2014. The course which is bilingual would allow the students to opt either for English or Hindi as their medium of instruction.
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Online Continuing Education programsPolytechnic School of Engineering and Scientific American Magazine in partnership are launching online continuing educational programs designed for mid-career scientists, business people and technical personnel. The online classes will be presented as "Active Learning Modules" and will run Monday to Friday, but students will have access to the classes 24 hours every day. It was launched on March 17, 2014 with its first class on "Cognition and the Aging Brain".
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Online Continuing Education programsPolytechnic School of Engineering and Scientific American Magazine in partnership are launching online continuing educational programs designed for mid-career scientists, business people and technical personnel. The online classes will be presented as "Active Learning Modules" and will run Monday to Friday, but students will have access to the classes 24 hours every day. It is launched on March 17, 2014 with its first class on "Cognition and the Aging Brain".