Vassilis Dimitropoulos successfully completed the Coursera online course "The Modern World: Global History since 1760" with distinction on May 08, 2013. The course, taught by Philip Zelikow of the University of Virginia, provides a global survey of modern history from the late 1700s revolutions through today and analyzes the transformations of the 19th century and cataclysms of the 20th century. The participant received this statement of accomplishment from Coursera but was not enrolled as a UVA student, did not receive credit or a grade from UVA, and their identity was not verified by UVA.