diff --git a/news/_posts/2018-02-27-moocs-edx-support.md b/news/_posts/2018-02-27-moocs-edx-support.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..041e2369e --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2018-02-27-moocs-edx-support.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +layout: inner-page-no-masthead +post-type: announcement +title: Our MOOCs Now Support The EdX Platform +by: Julien Richard-Foy +includeTOC: false +--- + +We are thrilled to announce that our 4 main MOOCs are now also available +on an [Open edX instance managed at EPFL](https://courseware.epfl.ch). + +[![](/resources/img/courseware-scala-moocs.png)](https://courseware.epfl.ch/) + +The content of the courses remains the same as the ones on +[Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/scala). The differences +are that our platform is free to use and doesn’t deliver certificates (official credentials +that confirm that you successfully completed a course). + +As a reminder, the courses are the following: + +- [Functional Programming Principles in Scala](https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1:EPFL+progfun1+2018_T1/info): + An introduction to functional programming (pure functions, recursion, pattern matching, higher-order + functions, immutable data types, type parameters, equational reasoning), +- [Functional Program Design in Scala](https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1:EPFL+progfun2+2018_T1/info): + A follow-up of the first course, showing how to apply the functional programming style + to larger programs. Covers topics such as monads, lazy evaluation, property-based testing, + futures and dataflow programming. +- [Parallel Programming](https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1:EPFL+parprog1+2018_T1/info): + Introduces the fundamentals of parallel programming, from task parallelism to data parallelism, +- [Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark](https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1:EPFL+scala-spark-big-data+2018-T1/info): + Extends the data parallel paradigm to the distributed case (as opposed to shared-memory parallel + or sequential collections), using Spark. + +[Open edX](https://open.edx.org) is an open source learning management system that +was originally developed by the [edX](https://edx.org) nonprofit. + +Our goal is to deliver the courses content in the most accessible way. We +hope you will enjoy the learning experience provided by the Open edX platform. + +Happy learning! diff --git a/resources/img/courseware-scala-moocs.png b/resources/img/courseware-scala-moocs.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ff1e330f8 Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/img/courseware-scala-moocs.png differ