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The Ultimate Guide to MOOC Certificates An in-depth review of the different certificate options provided by the major MOOC platforms MOOC providers often award certificates on completion of a course on the condition that certain criteria have been met. There are usually different certificate options, some of which may be free of charge and others which incur a relatively small fee, and may offer identity verification. This information can usually be found on the course description page...

Monty King, Learning Designer at FutureLearn, shares insights from the free online course ‘How To Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students’, and offers some tips if you’re new to online learning. Teaching Online How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students was built in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has been designed to provide support, guidance and expertise to teachers who do not know where to start with online learning. It was also conceptualised as a space for...

In under a week, two of the world's leading MOOC platforms have announced securing large investments which will go towards their global expansion. UK MOOC platform, FutureLearn announced today receiving a £50m investment, and the US platform Coursera announced last week it had secured $103 million in a Series E round. In both cases, the financing was led by Australia-based SEEK Group, which invests in and scales online employment and education businesses. With the new capital, Coursera is...

On 17th December 2018, the non-profit online education provider edX announced the introduction of a new pricing model involving some changes to the platform's free (audit track) and paid (verified track) options. The main differences are that students no longer have free access to an individual course for an unlimited period of time and now need to upgrade to the paid track to gain access to graded assessments. Free Audit Track Students who choose the free (audit) track will only have...

MOOC platform Coursera recently announced their latest offering, Coursera for Campus, opening their door to the "remaining 99% of 20,000 universities worldwide and help them take a digital leap." Coursera for Campus enables any university — including those outside of Coursera’s partner ecosystem — to integrate credit-eligible Coursera online courses into their curricula to deliver job-relevant, multi-disciplinary skills to its learners. Image Source Coursera Blog The service will give...