While Penn professors teaching Open Learning classes have to dedicate a lot of their time and resources to millions of online learners, the opportunity to contribute to the future of education is ...

More shorter courses would suit learners at different life stages better and enable them to spread costs, Professor Tim ...

It was a regular flight from London to Moscow. Except in the mid-1970s, pilots still often walked down the aisle and greeted passengers. Steven Rose, a lecturer at the Open University (OU) in Milton ...

Science, engineering and technology courses have been in the vanguard of the massive open online course movement. These classes also are providing fodder for scientific research on learning When ...

Competency-based education could be the key to providing quality, postsecondary education to millions of Americans at a lower cost, writes Louis Soares. Mozilla’s Open Badges Initiative and MITx—the ...

Learning is a life-long process. Yet if you're someone who always loves learning or wants to pick up a new, specific skill, then cost might be a problem. However, there are lots of free website out ...

The “Open Data for Policymakers” e-learning course is designed to provide a general overview of Open Data principles and best practices for public policymakers, with focus on the development and ...

Teachers and students can participate in learning without being physically present at the same place or time, owing to the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system. While preserving the standard of ...