Tel Aviv University joins Coursera.org

Tel Aviv University has become a member of online learning website Coursera’s network of educational partners, and has begun offering free online courses to people around the world. It has joined 80 universities and other educational institutions to promote learning without limits.

TAU has developed an initial offering of four courses, which span the subjects of engineering, archaeology, biology and cultural studies.

The courses, offered in Englush, include: 

• The Rise and Fall of Jerusalem - Judah Under Babylonian Rule, taught by Professor Oded Lipschits, Ph.D., Director, Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology in the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures

• What A Plant Knows (and other things you didn’t know about plants), taught by Professor Daniel Chamovitz, Ph.D., Director, Manna Center for Plant Biosciences in the Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants

• The Emergence of the Modern Middle East, taught by Professor Asher Susser, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies

Prof. Raanan Rein, Tel Aviv University's Vice President, welcomed the agreement with Coursera, saying "This initiative reflects Tel Aviv University's ongoing commitment to innovation in teaching and greater global outreach".