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 ...

A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these “massive open online courses” stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher education. Their interactive ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of students have registered for new free online courses offered by the University of Virginia, though the figures could fall quickly when the teaching starts. The university is ...