1/28/15 · Institutional

Introduction to Business Intelligence MOOC beats records with 14,695 people registering

The Introduction to Business Intelligence MOOC organized by the UOC which starts today, 26 January, has 14,695 people registered, more than any other MOOC organized by the University in the past. This is also the first time that the UOC has used an external platform to run this kind of course. Registration will remain open until Sunday 1 February.

60% of those registered are between 18 and 34 years old, while the remaining 40% are 35 or over. 53% of the students that have provided their details are from Latin America.

MOOCs are open online courses with massive numbers of students. This course organized by the UOC on business intelligence is to last five weeks and let students get to know the world of business strategy and data analysis.

There is exponential growth in the amount of data coming from social networks, smart cities, big data and mobile devices and the use of analysis systems is vital to convert all this data into information that is useful to companies and institutions. This MOOC, which does not assume any prior knowledge of the subject, offers an introduction to business analytics and smart data tools. It lets students find out about the leading methods and current trends in business intelligence and the reference framework, contents and tools from the business intelligence and big data programmes offered by the UOC.

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