At first glance, they seem too good to be true: free courses—often offered by top universities—that students can complete at their own pace from anywhere with an internet connection? What’s the catch?

The online courses are free self-paced lessons taken on the Massive Open Distance eLearning website of the University of the Philippines Open University ...

Want to live a great life? Work really hard in grade school, so you can get into a very good and very expensive college. Work extremely hard in college, so you can get a great job when you graduate.

MOOC is an acronym for Massive Open Online Course. The term was first used to describe a course on Connectivism and Connective Knowledge (CCK08) taught by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. The ...

The highest ranked university in the world will soon join prestigious institutions like Berkeley, Harvard and MIT in offering free massive open online courses (MOOCs). Starting in February 2017, ...

What according to you is the future of MOOCs? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by ...

It’s common these days to hear that free online mega-courses, called MOOCs, failed to deliver on their promise of educating the masses. But one outcome of that push towards open online courses was ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

Back in 2013, the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote that MOOCs—massive open online courses—were about to change everything: Nothing has more potential to lift more people out of ...

Manuel León Urrutia receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Lisa Harris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

What if Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) aren’t actually courses at all? Our research teams at Harvard and MIT have shown over and over again that MOOC students look and act nothing like ...

MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines Open University has announced the offering of 28 Massive Open Online Courses from January to June 2026, including four newly launched courses, ...