A MOOC (massive open online course) is a free course which is designed to be studied online by large numbers of participants.
MOOCs include resources such as video, texts and interactive discussion areas that help encourage an online community.
The University of Glasgow is currently offering MOOCs via the FutureLearn platform.
MOOCs on offer
Working Supportively With Refugees: Principles, Skills and Perspectives
Learn how the principals of psychological well-being, communication and interpretation can benefit your work with refugees.
Starts 21 May 2018
Introduction to Critical Care Medicine
Get an introduction to basic first aid, including how to help someone who is choking, with this first aid course.
Starts 9 July 2018
TESOL Strategies: Enriching Classrooms
Learn the basic principles, considerations and strategies for cultivating a rich language-learning environment.
A History of Royal Fashion
Explore how British kings and queens have used fashion, and how fashion has used them, in this free online course.
Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero
Get an introduction to basic first aid, including how to help someone who is choking, with this first aid course.
Functional Programming in Haskell: Supercharge your coding
Get an introduction to Haskell, the increasingly popular functional programming language, with this University of Glasgow course.
Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland's Records
Travel back in time through Scottish history by examining early modern Scottish handwriting.
Introduction to Health Technology Assessment
This online course provides a short, interactive introduction to health technology assessment (HTA), based on the University of Glasgow’s successful online distance-learning programme, the MSc in HTA.
Cancer in the 21st Century: The Genomic Revolution
Discover how genetics is revolutionising the detection and treatment of cancer, with this free online course.
Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime
Delve into the seedy underbelly of the art world, looking at smuggling, theft, fakes, and fraud, with this free online course.
Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World
This course will explore multilingual education and how it can impact and improve education and even wider society.
The Right to Education: Breaking Down the Barriers
Explore whether "education for all" means all and what barriers are there to participating in education? How do you include "all" in the classroom?
Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy
Celebrate Burns Night online, and dig deeper into the life and works of Robert Burns, with this free University of Glasgow course.
Music Copyright: Understanding UK Copyright Law When Working with Music
Understand UK music copyright law and how it applies to you as a creator, producer, marketer, distributor or licensee of music.
Net that Job: How to write a CV online
Find out how to write a CV online that will help you stand out and net your dream job, with this free online CV writing course.