U of T is joining edX, a not-for-profit venture offering free online university courses.
Founded last year by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the US-based consortium has more than 700,000 students enrolled from 192 countries. Starting in the fall of 2013, U of T will offer four courses in the subject areas of energy, public health, behavioral economics and organizational design, taught by U of T scholars.
Joining U of T as new additions to edX are six other schools, including the Australian National University, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Rice University, Delft University of Technology and McGill.
U of T’s participation in edX follows its decision last July to join Coursera, another platform for massive open online courses, with more than 256,000 students signed up for its seven courses.
With files from The Globe and Mail
