Course on Coursera

Last week Coursera, the leading MOOC (massive open online course) initiative, announced 29 new partners, including UNAM, which will start the partnership giving three courses in Spanish. I have the privilege to teach one of these, on Scientific Thinking. You can already sign up, course begins on May 6th. In less than a week, almost 2500 students have enrolled.
Location: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

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