covid-19

Based on LinkedIn's recent post, The Most In-Demand Jobs Right Now, we have looked at the jobs where you can gain the skills relatively quickly through MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. These jobs are Retail Sales Specialist, Fundraiser, Tax Specialist, Application Developer, System Analyst...

Large-scale open online courses known as MOOCs or massive open online courses have been at the forefront of the online learning marathon following the advent of the coronavirus outbreak. These online courses are offered by hundreds of universities, colleges and organizations worldwide — for...

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...

The University of Glasgow has launched seven new online courses tailored to provide vital new skills and that are particularly relevant to the current Coronavirus pandemic. Delivered in partnership with FutureLearn, these courses are accredited microcredentials and are designed to help learners...

The UK Department for Education has launched a new online learning platform called the Skills Toolkit to help boost the nation’s skills during lockdown. The new platform, hosted on the gov.uk website, gives people access to free, high-quality courses to help build up their digital and numeracy...

FutureLearn.com, an online social learning platform, announced this week the launch of FutureLearn Schools, which will give high school students free upgraded access to over a hundred relevant short courses on the platform, in order to support their learning and expand their horizons. The...

For those who are quarantined at home during the coronavirus lockdown, why not use this opportunity to try something new, learn a new skill or even explore a new career path? There are plenty of open online courses to get you started. Here at MoocLab, we have picked out some of the best for you...

With many of us confined to our homes during this COVID-19 crisis, it makes sense to use this time as an opportunity to build our skillset and deepen our knowledge. Indeed, there has been a sharp increase in the numbers of people turning to online learning platforms such as edX, FutureLearn and...

In response to the novel Coronavirus outbreak, universities and healthcare organizations are providing the following free open online courses to teach about COVID-19. Click on a course title to go to the course page. Science Matters: Let's Talk About COVID-19 By Imperial College London Via...

In the light of the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and educators are having to take their teaching online to meet the immediate skills and knowledge needs of their pupils and students. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are the perfect resource for teachers and...