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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ludlow said he first thought of a for-profit site that marketed online lectures while he was studying at Yale. Searching the web for help on his linear algebra class, Ludlow said he found helpful ...

IIMB is offering free online courses on Sales, Advertisement and Public Relations. Interested canddiates can apply on 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, ...