Can You Learn Nanotechnology Online?

Alexandra Ossola, The Atlantic: Education
Sat, 11/22/2014 - 10:47am

Can You Learn Nanotechnology Online?

You may remember 2012 as the year Whitney Houston died, or when you donated all that money to the effort to catch Joseph Kony, the Ugandan guerrilla leader notorious for making young boys into child soldiers. But, according to the New York Times, 2012 was also the year of the MOOC, or massive open online courses.

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