In the four years following its launch in 2011, Coursera claims over 12 million sign-ups with its largest course claiming
240,000 participants. The huge numbers (in the hundred of thousands) enrolling in the earliest MOOCs are
not always replicated in later MOOCs, but the numbers are still substantial. For instance, in 2013, the University of
British Columbia offered several MOOCs through Coursera, with the numbers initially signing up ranging from 25,000
to 190,000 per course (Engle, 2014)