Thursday, March 07, 2019

SJSU School of Information offers a free Blockchain MOOC

As you know, a MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. 

San Jose State University School of Information will be hosting a six-week MOOC, Blockchain and Decentralization for the Information Industry, March 11–April 21, 2019. Registration is free and requires a few hours a week of lecture.

No prior knowledge of Blockchain is required.

Learn the following from readings and online videos.


  1.    Overview and history of Blockchain
  2.     Standards, legalities, security
  3.     Related Blockchain-like systems, decentralization
  4.     Limits of the technology, ethical concerns, new types of proofs
  5.     Use cases in public libraries, academic libraries, museums, archives
  6.     Future directions


Jason Griffey is the instructor.

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