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In collaboration with edX, Boston Globe Media Partners (BGMP) is to offer job interviews for those holding a MicroMasters® program certificate. The scheme has been set up to source candidates with data, digital, and strategic skill sets for key roles with its The Boston Globe, Boston.com, and STAT brands. The Boston Globe will grant interviews to qualified edX learners who successfully complete select edX MicroMasters programs* in data science and statistics, digital marketing, corporate...

When browsing courses offered on MOOC platform Coursera, you'll notice that some course and Specialization pages are now marked with a badge stating "Included with Coursera Plus". Coursera Plus is a new subscription option that lets you pay an annual fee to access the majority of the courses, Specializations and some Professional Certificates on Coursera with no limit to the number of courses you can enroll in or Course Certificates you can earn. Courses granting credit, such as Degree...

Not-for-profit MOOC platform edX recently published their first Impact Report which highlights their key achievements since launching in 2012 and their vision around transforming education in the future. From the launch of their first MOOC, Circuits and Electronics by MIT, edX's mission has been to transform education through digital technology: "By opening the classroom through MOOCs, edX brings the best courses from the best schools to millions of learners around the world." Image...

This year's IEEE Learning With MOOCS Conference was held in October 2019 at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and welcomed some prestigious Keynote speakers from academia and industry to discuss learning analytics, key stakeholders, micro-credentials, machine learning and more. Here are some of the topics that caught my interest: Speaking about ways to evaluate the quality of MOOCs, Kerrie Douglas, Assistant Professor at Purdue University said that leveraging MOOCs to make education...

Founded in 1575, Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands. Today, the university is at the forefront of online education in Europe, and has been delivering MOOCs to a global audience since 2013, currently with a portfolio of over 30 courses available on Coursera. Now, Europe’s leading social learning platform, FutureLearn have recently announced a new partnership with Leiden University to expand its online learning offering. The university plans to launch courses in...