MS degree in Data Science
Massively Online Open Course (MOOC) pioneer, Coursera has announced the first ever online Master’s degree course in Data Science — jointly with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The MCS-DS builds expertise in four core areas of computer science: Data visualisation, machine learning, data mining and cloud computing, plus honing skills in statistics and information science across 32 credit hours. Anyone who registers on Coursera will have access to all of the courses that make up the onsite degree. In order to earn the University of Illinois degree, learners who are accepted into the programme will also be expected to complete additional course assessments with access to guidance, feedback and support from Illinois faculty and staff. Like all, Coursera students can take up individual modules for free but to get the degree, the tuition fee is $19,200 (Rs 12.7 lakh). Links to course http://online.illinois.edu/MCS-DS
MBA on your phone
If you aspire for an management degree your spare time, The London School of Marketing has launched the world’s first ever MBA in association with the University of Northampton. For which students in India can study on their smartphones It allows its learners direct access to course tutors, all the essential books and learning materials they’ll need, via their mobile phone. It has set up Local Access Points or contact centres in India.
The London School of Marketing MBA cost around $ 7000 (Rs 4.65 lakh); attending a UK university could cost 5-7 times as much.
Links to course: http://www.londonschoolofmarketing.com/mba-uon
