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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Students may soon be able to receive college credit for the free online courses that are reshaping higher education. The American Council on Education announced today that it is ...

YouTube has built a global reputation as the place to go for video clips of singing cats, laughing babies, reckless drivers, and raucous wedding processionals. But there's more to the site than ...

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, ...