It’s my mum that first pointed me at Coursera. Yes, that’s right: my mother. That’s quite an admission for a software professional to make, I’m sure you’ll agree, but then my mother does spend more time listening to the radio than I do (and there’s been some recent coverage of Coursera on BBC Radio 4). Despite this ignorance I’m actually very interested in the area of Massive Online Online Courses (MOOCs). A couple of years ago I talked about Khan Academy (which is not really classified as a MOOC, as such, but might be considered a comparable resource) and... Read more →