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Can I Get Academic Credit from Online Courses?

While many colleges and universities allow credit from online courses towards their degrees, it’s important to check with your own institution first.

Pat Bowden Sep 30th, 2024

[2024] 850+ Online Courses with Real College Credit that You Can Access for Free

We scoured the Class Central database to find free online courses that are part of for-credit programs.

Bobby Brady, Laurie Pickard & Suparn Patra

Mar 29th, 2023

[2024] 70+ Legit Online Master’s Degrees

We collect over 70 online Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in several subjects, go through the advantages of online degrees in cost and other benefits.

Heba Ledwon & Rui Ma

Jan 12th, 2022

Georgia Tech’s Computer Science Online Master’s Leaves Udacity

As Udacity’s and Georgia Tech’s paths diverged, the partnership made less and less sense.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Sep 15th, 2020

Online Degrees Slowdown: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2019

In 2019, the MOOC-degree hype seems to have subsided: only 11 online degrees were announced.

Dhawal Shah Dec 17th, 2019

Coursera News: First Acquisition, Degrees from Russia and Colombia, New Campus Program, and More

A summary of all that’s been happening at Coursera over the last couple of months.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Oct 21st, 2019

Coursera and Uniandes Announce Software Engineering Master: the First MOOC-Based Degree Taught in Spanish

It will be the first MOOC-based degree offered by a Latin American university, and the first offered in a language other than English.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Oct 16th, 2019

University of Glasgow Set to Launch Online Master’s in End of Life Studies on FutureLearn

The degree will explore topics such as palliative care, bereavement, and assisted suicide through a research-centric approach.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Oct 8th, 2019

Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Purdue University Announces Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering on edX

Purdue University became the 7th edX partner to launch a MOOC-based Master’s degree with the company.

Dhawal Shah Oct 6th, 2019

MOOCWatch 20: Coursera’s Acquisition; Udacity’s New CEO; Top 100 MOOCs of All Time

Coursera acquires Rhyme Softworks, MOOC-based degrees continue to break new ground, and Udacity looks forward to renewed growth after several months of restructuring.

Pat Bowden Sep 15th, 2019

Boston University: Questrom School of Business

Boston University Announces Online MBA on edX

Boston University’s new MBA will be edX’s 10th online degree and will go head-to-head with Illinois’ iMBA on Coursera.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Jul 27th, 2019

MOOC-Based iMBA to Replace On-Campus MBA

Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will be ending on-campus MBA programs in favor of the MOOC-based iMBA.

Laurie Pickard May 28th, 2019

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Can I Get Academic Credit from Online Courses?

[2024] 850+ Online Courses with Real College Credit that You Can Access for Free

[2024] 70+ Legit Online Master’s Degrees

Georgia Tech’s Computer Science Online Master’s Leaves Udacity

Online Degrees Slowdown: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2019

Coursera News: First Acquisition, Degrees from Russia and Colombia, New Campus Program, and More

Coursera and Uniandes Announce Software Engineering Master: the First MOOC-Based Degree Taught in Spanish

University of Glasgow Set to Launch Online Master’s in End of Life Studies on FutureLearn

Purdue University Announces Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering on edX

MOOCWatch 20: Coursera’s Acquisition; Udacity’s New CEO; Top 100 MOOCs of All Time

Boston University Announces Online MBA on edX

MOOC-Based iMBA to Replace On-Campus MBA

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