University of Nicosia Launches Free 'Introduction to Digital Currencies' Online Course
Cyprus' University of Nicosia announced today it has opened a six week, free and open enrolment online course called 'Introduction to Digital Currencies', aimed at anyone wishing to gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of bitcoin and digital currency in general. The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is due to start on 15th May, with other sessions starting each month thereafter (based on demand), plus accelerated formats for the fast-learning and time-poor. The only prerequisite for enrolment in the MOOC is enough proficiency in English to understand the instruction, which will....
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The University of Nicosia made history by becoming the first educational institution to offer bitcoin tuition payment. Now, the University is offering an Introduction to Digital Currencies course, for free. For those interested in this MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), the only real pre-requisite is that you speak English proficiently. Aside from the fact that the University's instructors will be leading the course, Andreas Antonopoulos and Antonis Polemitis will serve as course lecturers. Mr. Antonopoulos' book, Mastering Bitcoin, is listed as required reading for the course. "I am....
Certificates for a pioneering course on cryptocurrencies by the University of Nicosia in Cyprus were recorded on the block chain yesterday, allowing anyone to verify their authenticity. The free online course, titled DFIN-511: Introduction to Digital Currencies, was taught by Antonis Polemitis and Andreas M Antonopoulos. The duo published a comprehensive explanation of how they designed the certificates to be block chain verifiable. This means that course graduates no longer have to rely on the university to verify that they completed the course successfully. "Even if the University of....
The University of Nicosia became the first university in the world to accept Bitcoin in November. The University has also offered a free MOOC "Introduction to Digital Curriencies." Now the university is offering a nine course MSc in Digital Curriencies. The courses for this degree will be offered on-campus and online in English which you can pay for all in Bitcoin and get 5% off. The program is "designed to help financial services and business professionals, entrepreneurs, government officials and public administrators better understand the technical underpinnings of digital currency, how....
Since announcing their Digital Currency Initiative in 2013, the University of Nicosia (UNic) has been hard at work forming the world's first Master's in Digital Currency Degree Program. This MSc in Digital Currency is undoubtedly the first of many such programs to be offered by educational institutions worldwide. In order to present this opportunity to as many digital currency enthusiasts as possible, UNic had promised to offer the first course for free. The course, titled: “Introduction to Digital Currencies,” and the entire program will both by offered by the University via distance....
Mexico's Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) reportedly became the first institution in Latin America to welcome bitcoin on campus last month, after a coffee shop began accepting payments in the cryptocurrency. In so doing, the university joined a growing list of global higher education institutions which have also embraced the digital currency. Here's a run-down of some of the most crypto-friendly universities from across the globe. 1. Cyprus' University of Nicosia. In November 2013, the University of Nicosia in Cyprus (UNIC) became the first in the world to accept bitcoin for....