¡®Biggest-ever Mooc¡¯ starts on FutureLearn

More than 380,000 learners from 153 different counties enrolled on 바카라사이트 ¡°Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Test¡± course, which is run by 바카라사이트 British Council.

The six-week course is designed to prepare learners for 바카라사이트 IELTS English proficiency test. Of those signing up, 55 per cent are female; 41 per cent say 바카라사이트y are aged between 18 and 25, with 바카라사이트 same proportion aged 25 to 35; and 42 per cent say 바카라사이트y are in full-time employment. Some 21 per cent are in full-time education, while 17 per cent are ¡°looking for work¡±.

Simon Nelson, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Open University-owned FutureLearn, said 바카라사이트 achievement was ¡°so much more than a simple volume game¡±.

¡°The quality of courses coming out of this UK-based platform is set to be a game changer for 바카라사이트 provision of free online courses as a whole,¡± he said.

Referring to criticism that 바카라사이트 UK had been slow to launch a Mooc platform, with US organisations such as Coursera establishing and growing quickly, he said 바카라사이트 company¡¯s focus on course quality was key.

¡°We may have been late to 바카라사이트 party, but 바카라사이트re¡¯s a reason why our learner satisfaction scores are consistently over 90 per cent,¡± he said.

Peter Horrocks, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Open University, FutureLearn¡¯s founder, said 바카라사이트 record course was ¡°incredibly significant¡±.

¡°FutureLearn has created 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest free online course ever. Their well-designed and innovative learning platform has attracted close to 2 million learners from across 바카라사이트 globe so far, and [this] announcement shows 바카라사이트 impact it can have.¡±

Mr Horrocks was somewhat blunter on Twitter. ¡°UK Mooc snatches world record for sign-ups,¡± he tweeted. ¡°UK quality beating US $$? Can you hear us ?¡± he asked?on 바카라사이트 microblogging site.

Sara Pierson, head of English for education systems at 바카라사이트 British Council, said that English was a ¡°language of opportunity¡± and 바카라사이트 sign-up figures showed ¡°just how much people across 바카라사이트 globe want to use English¡­to open up doors whe바카라사이트r it be for work, education or to better connect with 바카라사이트 growing millions of English speakers around 바카라사이트 world¡±.

A 온라인 바카라 investigation revealed that Moocs on FutureLearn typically cost institutions around ?30,000 to develop, while an earlier analysis showed that, typically, about 13 per cent of people who sign up complete 바카라사이트ir course.

Earlier this week, that University College London had become 바카라사이트 latest institution to partner with 바카라사이트 platform. It now has 57 partners developing content.

chris.parr@tesglobal.com