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Last week, MoocLab passed another exciting milestone in our mission to support students with their learning. Over 20 thousand people have now joined the site, just three months since we celebrated 10 thousand people joining MoocLab. In a world where remote learning is booming, our mission is to guide learners through their online learning options while providing a virtual space for focused peer-to-peer study and support. MoocLab offers a number of resources to help our users succeed in...

Why MOOCs are Perfect for Teacher Development 5 reasons why every teacher should know about MOOCs Being based in the UK, I am acutely aware of budget restraints within our state-run school system with schools struggling to afford to provide adequate training and development opportunities to their teaching staff. This is a major issue of concern given that developing and improving teacher subject knowledge and classroom teaching is core to improving overall pupil achievement. Parents want...

In a recent interview, Jeff Maggioncalda CEO of Coursera put in the latest plug for Coursera for Business. For those of us trying to read the tea leaves on this, it seems likely that the rumours of a Coursera pivot towards B2B (they’ve gone from 30 to 500 companies over 2017) as opposed to B2C are true. All MOOC platforms have made some sort of pivot to professionals, because they make up the core of their paying customer base but most do this by pushing for in-demand academic subjects such...

Taking an online degree can be a viable option when faced with certain obstacles that would otherwise prevent you from accessing higher education. Article by Carolyn McIntyre, CEO & Founder of MoocLab Up until recently, there was a certain stigma attached to online degrees which were not seen as “real degrees”. However, with online education on the rise, times are changing and some of the most prestigious universities are now offering fully online degree programs. The improved standards...

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...

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...