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Coursera is a popular online education platform that partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals worldwide. The courses are taught by top instructors from prestigious universities such as Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, the University of Michigan, or UPenn, as well as renowned companies like Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, or AWS, for example. The majority of courses can be accessed for free...

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free online courses offered by universities, organisations and industry experts to anyone wishing to learn. For a fee, a number of MOOC providers award successful graduates with a “verified certificate”. These are particularly useful if you are studying MOOCs for career or academic advancement as they provide proof that it was you who completed the course. This guide, ID Verified Certificates in MOOCs, looks into the advantages of paying for a...

Get your MOOC Certificates validated It is becoming increasingly common for recruiters and academic institutions to see MOOCs added to candidates' résumés. By doing so, candidates can showcase relevant up-to-date skills and demonstrate initiative, commitment and drive all of which are very valuable skills in the eyes of employers and universities. It is also fairly common for candidates to "exaggerate" their competencies and skills in order to stand out from the crowd, and the temptation...

MicroMasters, XSeries & Professional Certificates With 3 different MOOC-based credentials currently being offered by edX, potential students may find themselves scratching their heads in confusion. EdX was the first MOOC provider to offer multiple-course certificate programs known as XSeries which are designed for more in-depth learning than the single course options. Two years later, edX launched the MicroMasters™ credential - "a series of graduate level courses from top universities...

UK MOOC platform FutureLearn and The British Council have partnered for a fourth time to give free access to online courses from UK higher education institutions to people in non-OECD countries. The initiative, part of the Study UK program, gives people in eligible countries access to 325 massive open online courses (MOOCs) from 35 UK universities, plus the chance to earn one of up to 50,000 free digital upgrades. The ‘Study UK: Learn online with a UK university’ campaign on FutureLearn...