In the current economic climate, many of us are considering going back to school or getting an advanced degree, with the hopes of becoming more employable. But it's not always necessary to go back to ...

The Oceanside Public Library provides free online skill-development courses to help unemployed, furloughed or part-time workers get back in the job market. The courses are offered through the Coursera ...

Nicholas Presnell has two professors for linear algebra: one official and one virtual. The first is at Arizona State University, where Mr. Presnell is a part-time graduate student in electrical ...

SAN FRANCISCO — More of the world’s elite universities are joining the rush to offer “massive open online courses,” but it’s still uncertain whether so-called MOOCs will help more students earn ...

Harvard University is now making its most sought-after computer science courses accessible for free. Topics include AI, Python, cybersecurity, and web development. These courses come with no fees or ...

I've tested and reviewed tech, pet, fitness and home gear for decades. Everyone daydreams about taking a class at the local community college to pick up a new skill or to learn about a subject just ...

Udemy, an online course company, has recently come under fire for peddling pirated content. In an ironic twist, one of these pirated courses was a series of lectures on business ethics, which begs the ...

Mo Li, a Chinese postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, wrote to a Yale University philosophy professor last year with a strange request. Mr. Li had never met the professor, ...