HISTORIAN and ex-Melbourne University provost Peter McPhee has embraced MOOCs, but in a back to the future kind of way. During his recent Coursera MOOC on the French Revolution several students ...

As MOOC providers focussed on finding a business model, they started putting certain aspects of the experience behind a paywall, hoping to get more people to pay. MOOCs went from free to free to audit ...

4 Features You Can Now Get by Paying for MOOCs While MOOCs are offered for free, credentials and multicourse series might be available for those who choose to spend the money.

A number of MOOCs have taken on the challenge to increase course completion, crafting innovations that are now yielding rates that are up to five times the average. They have accomplished this ...

Emerging technologies, like blockchain, are ushering in newer internet applications that transcend demographics and national barriers. If more people are educated in the technologies, it helps build ...

There are a number of good options for educators looking to build their own MOOCs. Here is a look at five of the most interesting platforms.

Online-education provider Coursera is one step closer to academic acceptance, saying Thursday that the American Council on Education would recommend colleges grant credit for the successful ...

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We must also understand that MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses), which are considered disruptive to universities, may chip away at the corporate e-learning market too. What is a MOOC?