MOOCs are, as the acronym says, massive (between 15,000 – 50,000 people are expected to register) open online (available to anyone with an internet connection) courses (meaning that education is at the focus). The fact that “massive” also refers to the effort that goes into producing one became apparent to us once the process started.
So the term “online course” could be discouraging, but this one is different. first of all it is about THE OCEAN and how much we don’t know about it. have a look at the link, watch the trailer, and see why I like my PhD topic :).
I am enrolled already, probably won’t be able to follow all the courses, but it is 10 weeks long, and there are very very interesting topics to be covered form the experts. it will be cool!