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FutureLearn.com, the leading social learning platform, has announced the launch of FutureLearn Campus, allowing their university partners to give their current students and staff unlimited access to the online short courses they deliver through the platform, with free access to premium features. With FutureLearn Campus, students and staff can use their university account to join their university's online courses which can be delivered in an open format or to private cohorts with...

MoocLab is proud to be sponsoring FutureLearn’s Festival of Learning which takes place between 22 - 26 June. At this week-long virtual conference, they’ll be celebrating the vital role of educators and learners of all ages, exploring how education, healthcare and business will evolve in a post-COVID world, how we can all collaborate to achieve great things in the wake of upheaval, and why learning together is now more important than ever. The festival will be divided into 4 key tracks...

FutureLearn.com, the leading social learning platform, jointly owned by The Open University and The SEEK Group, have announced that it has now reached 10 million registered learners on their platform. Launched in December 2012, this is a significant milestone for the UK-based MOOC platform which has learners in every country in the world with over 70% of these from outside the UK. Image Source: FutureLearn Blog Having started out 6 years ago with 23 founding partners, the company now...

UK MOOC platform, FutureLearn, announced today that the SEEK Group (ASX: SEK) will invest £50m to become a joint, 50% owner of the social learning platform, alongside The Open University. The deal is thought to be the largest ever private-sector EdTech investment in Europe. FutureLearn was launched in 2012 by The Open University and partners with over a quarter of the world’s top universities and organisations to offer MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) as well as MOOC-based postgraduate...

In response to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, The Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM) are accrediting select MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) hosted on edX, FutureLearn and Coursera, allowing successful graduates to become eligible for professional certification. After taking the course, students can register for certification for a flat fee under US $350. Many of the courses are free to access. Here are top courses or MOOCs (Massive Online Open...