Nearly three-quarters of participants who have completed a MOOC say that the course had a positive impact on their career, while two-thirds indicate academic benefit, according to a recent study of over 50,000 Coursera users who have completed a course.
Researchers at Duke University have found that students are using MOOCs to explore new subject areas and complement traditional learning.
UK-based MOOC platform FutureLearn has broken the record for the biggest single run of an online course, and has also opened up its partnership policy to accommodate more specialised institutions.
While MOOCs and e-learning have increased access to education, problems around completion rates, and quality of learning outcomes are still rife. At the Online Educa Berlin conference this month, stakeholders said more needs to be done to ensure online education produces good academic results.
The University of Southampton will become the first institution to offer scholarships associated with a course on the UK's MOOC platform, FutureLearn, for its online MA in English Language Teaching course.
The English language-focused MOOC has been the singularly most popular online programme offered by UK platform, FutureLearn, which has shared with The PIE News information about who signed up for the course. Meanwhile, Australia's own ELT MOOC also suggests massive demand for online ELT.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) giant Coursera has lifted restrictions to students in Iran put in place earlier this year in compliance with US export control regulations. The restrictions on provision in Iran, Cuba, Syria and Sudan came into force when the US government released "a clearer interpretation" of how export control regulations relate to MOOCs.
Coursera, the largest platform support Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), has announced eight new partners in its blended learning programme, Learning Hubs. In order to increase access to educational content for students around the world, it has also launched a Global Translator Community.
