With the opportunity offered to all to take courses from prestigious universities for free or at a lower cost, universalization of quality education, less restrictive training, and much more, we have ...

Online degrees are nothing new. Since the late 1990’s, a steady stream of online degree programs have entered the market, including many reputable options from top-tier schools. But in recent years a ...

Has the MOOC revolution come and gone? Or will the principles of the MOOC movement continue to influence higher ed? On Tuesday, April 10 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How ...

Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are wonderful things. We should applaud MOOCS, participate in MOOCs, teach MOOCs, and encourage our institutions to participate in the MOOC movement. But what ...

In a previous post we predicted that this year MOOCs will morph into MOCCS (Mid-Sized Online Closed Courses). We believe that universities and companies will begin to create and license online courses ...

Martin Weller receives funding from Hewlett Foundation for the OER Research Hub. He works for The Open University. Foundation essay: This article on the rise of massive open online courses by Martin ...