When massive open online courses (MOOCs) took off three years ago, many educators had high hopes that these courses could expand and diversify access to education. Early aspirations were soon replaced ...

A free virtual classroom may be just as conducive to learning as a traditional university setting, according to a study of a massive open online course offered by edX. The report, entitled “Learning ...

Northwestern offers all of its massive open online courses (MOOCs) at no cost to its students, alumni, faculty and staff. You can earn a Course Certificate and access all Northwestern MOOC content on ...

NCERT has launched free Class 12 Physics MOOCs on the Government of India’s SWAYAM platform, providing students across India, ...

In keeping with its longstanding tradition of combining Jewish studies with cutting-edge science, Bar-Ilan University is debuting three new Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Genomics and ...

The story goes that on the morning of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics announcement, Peter Higgs had popped out for a leisurely lunch at a local pub without telling his colleagues at the University ...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been hailed as an educational revolution that has the potential to override borders, race, gender, class and income (see go ...

The following is by Philip G. Altbach, research professor and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. The following is by Philip G. Altbach, research professor and ...

Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are often described as the future of education — or at least a significant part of it. But there may be a significant problem with them: a very small proportion ...

Massive open online courses can be as effective to help students learn as face-to-face classes — and the learning outcomes will be equivalent whether or not students have advanced college degrees or ...

Designed as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), these programmes aim to strengthen conceptual understanding and ensure wider ...