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MOOC Course Distribution by Subject, 2011-18

Almanac 2019 August 18, 2019

Of the more than 11,400 massive open online courses that have ever been offered, nearly 40 percent were in technology or business. Mathematics was the field with the fewest course offerings.

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Of the more than 11,400 massive open online courses that have ever been offered, nearly 40 percent were in technology or business. Mathematics was the field with the fewest course offerings.

Rank	Subject	Percentage
1.	Technology	20.4%
2.	Business	18.2%
3.	Social sciences	11.5%
4.	Humanities	9.4%
5.	Science	9.4%
6.	Education and teaching	8.6%
7.	Health and medicine	7.2%
8.	Engineering	7.0%
9.	Art and design	5.0%
10.	Mathematics	3.1%

Note: “Technology” includes computer science, programming, and data science. Course distribution is current as of December 2018. More data on MOOCs are available here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

Source: Class Central

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A version of this article appeared in the August 23, 2019, issue.

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