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More than a million people are eager to learn from University of Queensland experts, with the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x  Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) program accepting its millionth enrolment at the weekend.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ runs 16 MOOCs through its Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x program, a service that offers free online university courses to anyone with access to the internet.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x Director John Zornig said Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x released its first MOOC, , 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.

“Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x is also responsible for the world’s first online course designed to improve healthcare for people with an , as well as our incredibly , which has attracted more than 270,000 enrolments

“Our , 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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s academic and research excellence with the world.”

Mr Zornig said the MOOCs were not only benefitting online users.

“Every Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x MOOC is used in some way in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s on-campus teaching, and the focus at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x has increasingly turned to enhancing on-campus programs,” he said.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­x’s MOOCs enrolments to date:

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Media: Catherine Bennett, c.bennett1@uq.edu.au , +61 7 3346 0850.