Teaching Recommender Systems at Large Scale

@article{KonstanJoseph2015TeachingRS,
  title={Teaching Recommender Systems at Large Scale},
  author={A KonstanJoseph and D. WalkerJ. and BrooksD. Christopher and BrownKeith and D EkstrandMichael},
  journal={ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction},
  year={2015},
  volume={22}
}
In the fall of 2013, we offered an open online Introduction to Recommender Systems through Coursera, while simultaneously offering a for-credit version of the course on-campus using the Coursera pl... 
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