article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources marginal revolution university news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message marginal revolution university website mruniversity.com marginal revolution university called mruniversity for short is an online education website run by tyler cowen and alex tabarrok bloggers at the marginal revolution weblog and economics professors at george mason university . the website includes free to watch videos interactive comments and the option of actively enrolling and participating in courses in the fashion of massive open online courses moocs . the videos and course materials are also accessible for those who do not enroll in a course or register on the site . the videos are structured as simple powerpoint slide presentations with voice overs by the speakers . the audio can also be downloaded separately . 1 those who formally register for a course and take the final examination can get a certificate of completion . 2 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit marginal revolution university was announced by tyler cowen on the marginal revolution blog on september 5 2012 . 3 4 alex tabarrok subsequently announced that marginal revolution university s first course would be on development economics . 5 around october 1 2012 the first videos for the development economics course started going up on the site 6 and more videos were gradually rolled out through december 2012 . 7 8 9 10 see also edit khan academy coursera massive open online course references edit how to use . marginal revolution university . retrieved 2012 12 24 . hardgrave roman 2012 12 20 . exam and certificates . marginal revolution university . retrieved 2012 12 24 . cowen tyler 2012 09 05 . introducing mruniversity spread the word . marginal revolution blog . retrieved 2012 12 24 . caplan bryan 2012 09 05 . marginal revolution university . econlog . retrieved 2012 12 24 . tabarrok alex 2012 09 05 . mru s first course development economics . marginal revolution blog . retrieved 2012 12 24 . cowen tyler 2012 10 01 . maybe today you should go visit mruniversity.com . marginal revolution blog . retrieved 2012 12 24 . kingkade tyler 2012 10 08 . mruniversity aims to bring economics education to the masses . the huffington post . retrieved 2012 12 24 . gillespie nick 2012 10 09 . marginal revolution university q & a with alex tabarrok . reason magazine . retrieved 2012 12 24 . cooper ryan 2012 10 20 . marginal revolution university update . washington monthly . retrieved 2012 12 24 . leef george 2012 10 03 . marginal revolution university launches . national review . retrieved 2012 12 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marginal revolution university & oldid 737763122 categories educational websitesinternet properties established in 2012hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from september 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from september 2016all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 22 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view