UK university joins US online partnership

I studied one of these courses, this was from Stanford University -

This is an interesting article about the first British university to join the online university project.

"Edinburgh University is to be the first UK institution to join an influential US-based online university project. Edinburgh is part of a major expansion in the Coursera project - which is going to see 12 more universities providing online courses. The online platform was set up this year with content from US institutions including Stanford and Princeton."

UK university joins US online partnership - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18857999 - By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent - 17 July 2012.

"An important part of this online development is its global reach - and the Coursera project is announcing three partners outside the US - Toronto in Canada and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland, as well as Edinburgh."

"In terms of profile-raising, it means that Edinburgh's online courses will be available alongside some of the biggest names in US higher education."