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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...

Professional Certificate Programs are the latest initiative launched by non-profit MOOC platform, edX. These programs are designed to help develop the critical skills and knowledge that are most in-demand in today's jobs, such as digital marketing, virtual reality and data science. They are each made up of a series of career relevant courses created by industry leaders and top universities, and provide a flexible and affordable online learning format suitable for today's professionals...

2U, a publicly-traded online program manager, announced last week the acquisition of Harvard and MIT-founded edX, the non-profit online course provider, for $800 million cash. The transaction, which is expected to close this fall, includes substantially all of edX's assets, including the edX brand, website, and marketplace. 2U says it intends to operate edX as a public benefit corporation. In other words, edX will become a for-profit subsidiary of the NASDAQ listed edtech giant. From its...

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...

Moleskine Pocket Size Ruled Hard Evernote Notebook Combines analogue and digital, using a special scan system allowing notes, stickers and tags to become digital, searchable items. 14 x 9 cm; ruled paper Comes with 3 months of Evernote Premium The new Evernote Smart Notebook designed by Moleskine uses Evernote's Page Camera feature to capture the pages of your notebook with your smartphone or tablet. Evernote Page Camera is available for the current iOS and Android release. Evernote...

7 Reasons to have a Study Buddy Studying in partnership with a Study buddy is a great way to share out the workload, save time, gain new perspectives and stay motivated. Much research has demonstrated that those who learn together in small groups tend to have a better success rate than those who study alone. And this is particularly true in the case of online learning. Mostly, best practices for studying effectively with someone else are the same whether you're meeting in person or...