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Massive Open Online Courses

"In 50 years", he says, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.” – Sebastian Thrun, Udacity CEO, March 2012 . Imagine this: You are on a summer vacation in Bali. You find yourself in a hammock that provides a full-frontal view of the Indian Ocean, and you sit down comfortably in utter bliss. You thought you must use this vacation as a well-deserved respite from your tough and demanding 9-5 job. I mean, you deserved it! You also thought, being the knowledge seeker you are, to use this opportunity to learn something different, something that you wouldn’t have time to do back in the real world, whether it is learning how to build an app, gain some insights into powerful machine learning algorithms, or take part in lectures given by famous Nobel laureates simply for the sake of it. Now all you need is a laptop and a stable internet connection and bam! You are va...