UQ's online education for more than one million students

More than one million people are eager to learn from University of Queensland experts, with UQ’s Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) program accepting its one millionth enrolment recently.
UQ runs 16 MOOCs through its UQx program, a service that offers free online university courses to anyone with access to the internet.

UQx Director John Zornig said UQx released its first MOOC, The Science of Everyday Thinking, in March 2014.
“To grow at this rate—reaching more than one million students in less than two and half years—demonstrates the quality of our courses and the desire our international audience has to learn,” he said.
“We’ve gone from one course to sixteen, covering off on topics such as hypersonics, critical thinking, climate science and anthropology.
“UQx is also responsible for the world’s first online course designed to improve healthcare for people with an intellectual disability, as well as our incredibly popular grammar and style course, which has attracted more than 270,000 enrolments.
“Our English preparation course, which helps non-native English speakers around the world kick-start their university education, has attracted more than 200,000 learners in less than a year.
“We have many more courses planned, and look forward to sharing UQ’s academic and research excellence with the world.”
Mr Zornig said the MOOCs were not only benefitting online users.
“Every UQx MOOC is used in some way in UQ’s on-campus teaching, and the focus at UQx has increasingly turned to enhancing on-campus programs,” he said.
UQx’s MOOCs enrolments to date:

Course	Released	Enrolments to 02/07/16
The Science of Everyday Thinking	02/03/14	259,711
Introduction to Biomedical Imaging	07/04/14	37,605
Hypersonics – from Shock Waves to Scramjets	06/04/14	17,965
Tropical Coastal Ecosystems	28/04/14	22,762
Anthropology of Current World Issues	25/08/14	30,704
English Grammar and Style	22/09/14	279,847
The Psychology of Criminal Justice	20/10/14	40,448
Making Sense of Climate Science Denial	28/04/15	26,101
Philosophy and Critical Thinking	24/11/15	26,374
IELTS Academic Test Preparation	27/11/15	205,947
Unlocking Your Employability	28/01/16	17,914
Working in Teams: A Practical Guide	14/03/16	7,147
AbleX Series: Intellectual Disability Healthcare	21/03/16	4,562
Sharks! Global Biodiversity, Biology, and Conservation	28/06/16	18,331
Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life	12/07/16	4,959

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