Online education for more than one million

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 millionth enrolment at the weekend. 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 16, 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.